Example sentences for: oed
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(The OED was originally published over a number of years in fascicles of various lengths which were sold by subscription, a method that is, alas, no longer practised.)
His use of the word tank to refer to a hollowed-out reservoir (“Gibson dug a small tank and the water soon cleared”) antedates the OED , for instance.
At first sight this might appear to be a British regional dialect word, but there is no possible etymon even remotely like it recorded in Wright or the OED .
And, to return to Mr. Delaney, swimmingly is associated with aquatic sports: “with a smooth gliding movement” says OED . No confusion there, I would suggest.
I have never see it anywhere else and it has escaped the OED.
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