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
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 Bose, Jagadis Chandra, Sir
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 words of the poet are substantiated by the plain prose of the dictionary maker.
From Our Day In the Light of Prophecy by Spicer, William Ambrose
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
