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a reference book giving information about the meanings, pronunciations, uses, and origins of words listed in alphabetical order
a wordbook of nautical slang
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For many decades, dictionaries were bestsellers and seen as the authority on the English language.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 Dec. 2025 -
But his dictionary, with its conclusiveness, was a huge publishing success.—
Louis Menand,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Archie vented his disgust in a rich lexicon of racial and ethnic slurs new to prime-time dialogue.—
Thomas Doherty,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Dec. 2025
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This one was The Bucket List, a phrase coined by screenwriter Justin Zackham which became part of the lexicon.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
29 Dec. 2025
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“Wordbook.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wordbook. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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