Example sentences for: dickson

How can you use “dickson” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • This slightly enlarged version of Paul Dickson's Names , published by Delacorte Press in 1986, is a light-hearted collection of names that the author considers to be interesting for one reason or another.

  • Mr. Dickson's definition of name is itself rather unsatisfactory.

  • If Mr. Dickson wished to remain thoroughly American, he could still find interesting names on his doorstep.

  • Inevitably, some of the entries are more imaginative than others; Dickson will have his hands full if everyone responds giving private words.

  • A glance at the citations in the OED or at Partridge's article in Name Into Word , which Dickson cites in his bibliography, would have made it clear that this usage did not extend beyond the 17th century.


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