dictionary maker
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“The potential of an online dictionary has to go beyond that of even the greatest print lexicons,” says the 68-year-old dictionary maker, who has been studying, collecting and defining slang for decades.
From Time • Oct. 16, 2016
Who can doubt that the dictionary maker defined and distributed his adjectives aright for the year 1856?
From Prose Fancies (Second Series) by Le Gallienne, Richard
The dictionary maker was probably a prim, conceited fellow, who deserved to be laughed at.
From Amy in Acadia A Story for Girls by Reed, Helen Leah
The Presidents under which I worke' was: Allen Webster, grandson of the dictionary maker; J.C.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration
Socrates, I imagine, could have found a number of pointed questions to put to the dictionary maker.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Lynd, Robert
