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Onions

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On·ions  (nynz), Charles Talbut 1873-1965.
British philologist and lexicographer who was coeditor of the Oxford English Dictionary from 1914 to 1933.

Onions [ˈʌnjənz]
n
(Biographies / Onions, Charles Talbut (1873-1965) M, English, LANGUAGE: lexicographer) Charles Talbut. 1873-1965, English lexicographer; an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary


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Plenty of onions and garlic and a dash of red pepper.
"There is an island not far from here," said the porpoises, "where the wild onions grow tall and strong.
My floating coffin was many things in turn; a railway carriage, a pleasure boat on the Thames, a hammock under the trees; last of all it was the upper berth in a not very sweet-smelling cabin, with a clatter of knives and forks near at hand, and a very strong odor of onions in the Irish stew.
 
 
 
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