Word: lickerish
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Memorable was the defense of the penny as a buying unit by Emile C. Schurmacher, managing editor of The Candy Gazette. Editor Schurmacher wrote to the New York Times: "There has been a steady increase in the sale of penny candy (red hots, all-day suckers, 'lickerish' shoe laces). . . . If there is anybody who is offsetting the younger generation's contempt for the penny as a medium of exchange, it is the penny candy manufacturer...
...fruit of his three score years of contemplation is a brilliant exposure of those gods, pointing to the irony of the fear they are able to rouse in man. His leisurely narrative is rich in satire and delicious humor, which may easily be misunderstood for meaningless, if somewhat lickerish, drool. But even the most matter-of-fact reader will envy the bright existence led by Douglas' creatures, and be charmed by his prose...