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- adjective Of or pertaining to Philip Larkin (1922–1985), English poet and novelist.
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Larkin + -ian
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Their omission suggests a rather Larkinian polemic, part of the Englishness of this book, which is a fine but not a full performance by one of our best poet-critics.
Expecting Rain 2008
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