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Difficulties with words. Part 4

January 29, 2020November 20, 2020 ~ fishmandeville ~ Leave a comment

filmnoir008 — No, you snuff out your snipe. Credit: DOA (Rudolph Maté, UA).

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Difficulties with words. Part 3

March 6, 2018February 3, 2020 ~ fishmandeville ~ Leave a comment

NYC opium den — The stuff that pipe dreams are made of. Opium den, NYC.

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Difficulties with words. Part 2

October 11, 2016May 26, 2018 ~ fishmandeville ~ 3 Comments

'Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.' Samuel Johnson. — ‘Dictionaries are like watches: the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.’ Samuel Johnson.

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Difficulties with words. Part 1

March 1, 2016 ~ fishmandeville ~ 2 Comments

From the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993). — From the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary (1993).

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