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Dixnary means (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of dictionary..
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/ˈdɪks(ə)nəɹi/ · noun
(obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of dictionary..
de-ſi-er deſire / dix-na-ry dictionary / di-viſ-yun diviſion
"MISS JEMIMA!" exclaimed Miss Pinkerton, in the largest capitals. "Are you in your senses? Replace the Dixonary in the closet, and never venture to take such a liberty in future.".
But it is well for him to get away from the Dixery. I hate to think of his giving his life for the lives of fellows of whom we were blessedly ignorant ; they were most of them dead or damned , and we hoped we were rid of 'em.
An' her tull'th me these yer Debben talk is a prapper langwige, an that all tha gentlevoks ust ta spaik like us do now, that "thicky" an "nort" wiz quite prapper wurds, and her zed her zeed "orts" in a ole dicksnary she wiz raydin.
Yes, but then the triumph of learning is that it leaves something done solidly for ever. Everybody knows now about dialect, owing to his dixery [Joseph Wright's English Dialect Dictionary].
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Dixnary means (obsolete) Pronunciation spelling of dictionary..
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de-ſi-er deſire / dix-na-ry dictionary / di-viſ-yun diviſion
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