Example sentences for: rhd

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  • In one interval checked, W reveals Montague (Romeo's family name), Montmorency (a kind of cherry), Montrachet (wine), monuron (a herbicide), moon-eye (a fish), moon-eyed (open-eyed), and moonflower , as headwords not in L ; the same interval in L reveals montbretia (a plant), Montessorian (teaching method), month of Sundays , Montilla , -mony (suffix) Moog synthesizer , moon daisy (the oxeye), moon-faced , moonglow , and moonrat , which do not appear in W . Leaving aside the plants and animals, which are differently distributed for American and British users, the only significant omission from L is Montrachet , while the important words omitted from W are Montessorian , month of Sundays , -mony , Moog synthesizer , moon-faced , and moonglow . The last word is not in the RHD II , but it should be, for the L citation is from Henry Miller and the word also appears in the lyrics written for the popularized rendition of Tchaikovsky's 5th symphony.

  • On Sunday, 11 July 1993, John McLaughlin, in signing off his television program, The McLaughlin Group, apologized for having used the word welsh in the sense, “cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt; go back on one's word” [ RHD Unabridged ] in an earlier program.

  • Turning to the illustrations (including the black-and-white maps) in the RHD2e , it must be said that the originals were a model of clarity and detail: I know, for as Managing Editor, it was among my responsibilities to commission them and to accept or reject completed artwork or to have it modified.

  • (I ought to mention that, as Managing Editor of the First Edition of the RHD , such matters fell into my purview, but only shit (labeled Slang (vulgar) ) was entered in that book.

  • ' The RHD labels the term “( sometimes offensive ),” which does not mean that it is offensive occasionally but that it is offensive to some people (presumably Irish).


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