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
Socrates, I imagine, could have found a number of pointed questions to put to the dictionary maker.
From The Pleasures of Ignorance by Robert Lynd
The words of the poet are substantiated by the plain prose of the dictionary maker.
From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by William Ambrose Spicer
A French dictionary maker saw Cuvier, the Zoologist about the definition of the crab as 'a little red fish which walks backwards.'
From Sir Jagadis Chunder Bose His Life and Speeches by Sir Jagadis Chandra Bose
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
