Smollett

[ smol-it ]

noun

1. Tobias George, 1721–71, English novelist.

Smollett

/ ˈsmɒlɪt /

noun

1. SmollettTobias George17211771MScottishWRITING: novelist Tobias George. 1721–71, Scottish novelist, whose picaresque satires include Roderick Random (1748), Peregrine Pickle (1751), and Humphry Clinker (1771)

Example Sentences

Linn also ordered Smollett to pay $120,106 restitution to the city of Chicago and a $25,000 fine.

From Washington Blade

The first five counts related to Smollett’s conduct on the day of the incident, while the sixth related to his conversation with a police detective.

From Washington Blade

Webb also cast doubts on Smollett’s integrity and credibility in his testimony telling jurors that the surveillance video from before the alleged attack and that later night contradicts key moments of Smollett’s account of the events.

From Washington Blade

Smollett, 39, convicted on five counts of disorderly conduct, a class 4 felony, is facing potential sentencing of up to three years in prison.

From Washington Blade

Special Prosecutor Dan Webb then gave the trial’s closing word, saying that Smollett was not only guilty of lying to the police but “beyond that it’s just plain wrong to just outright denigrate” something as serious as a hate crime.

From The Daily Beast

Among his hired scribes was Smollett, who edited a paper for him called The Briton.

From Project Gutenberg

Ariosto is worse; Smollett ten times worse; Fielding no better.

From Project Gutenberg

That Smollett, who has so grossly offended decency in his novels, had an immaculate private character.

From Project Gutenberg

An English version of Voltaire's writings, in thirty-five volumes, was published in 1761-69, with notes by Smollett and others.

From Project Gutenberg

The best known is the one by Tobias Smollett, which has survived in favor to the present time.

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