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To: Jamestown1630

My, my, how definitions in dictionaries change...
the definition I gave is from a real dictionary, Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American language, exact and only words, before internet, back in the days from 1942-1964.


24 posted on 01/07/2025 4:02:59 PM PST by TurkeyLurkey
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To: TurkeyLurkey

Merriam Webster is the oldest dictionary published in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merriam-Webster


27 posted on 01/07/2025 4:07:06 PM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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