marks
English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964)
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,991 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,467 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- English businessman who created a retail chain (1888-1964) also: Simon Marks, First Baron Marks of Broughton
marks in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Give policeman twenty marks, bind him to silence, and borrow his official cloak.
Punch — Volume 100, January 31, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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The remaining half of it has marks cut upon it an inch apart.
A Double Barrelled Detective Story · Mark Twain · Chapter 2
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But as she stript her shoulders, lily-white, What marks of cruel usage shock'd their sight!
Rural Tales, Ballads, and Songs · Robert Bloomfield · Chapter 1
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One had been there, as marks clearly showed, but there were signs of recent removal.
The Shadow over Innsmouth · H.P. Lovecraft · Chapter 2
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The thought entered his mind, as it had so often, that the world was full of easy marks.
Something New · P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse · Chapter 2