thesaurus
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Crosby wants Roget's Thesaurus because with that, and a sharp stick, "I could do some useful writing".
From BBC • Oct. 12, 2022
One exception he found: Lester Berrey’s 1947 “American Thesaurus of Slang” includes many nicknames for California, including “Eureka State,” “Golden Poppy State,” “Land of Perpetual Sunshine” and, yes, “Cali.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2022
Among the antonyms for “nice” in Roget’s Thesaurus are “ugly,” “horrible,” “nasty” and “repulsive.”
From Washington Post • Dec. 20, 2020
Denver special teams coach Tom McMahon, who described his unit’s play at Pittsburgh as “one word: terrible,” won’t need a Thesaurus for this one.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 27, 2020
In 1572 he published the great work upon which he had been labouring for many years, the Thesaurus Graecae linguae, in 5 vols. fol.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" by Various
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