I had to ratchet down the recliner’s footrest and get the dictionary. A knacker is a buyer of worn-out horses, and the word is commonly used to mean tired, exhausted, worn out (chiefly British).

Stefan Dollinger lobbies Oxford English dictionary to be less British. Aug. 13, 2013. Aug. 13, 2013. 2 min read. Save. New subscriber benefit! Copied to clipboard ...

He visits the Oxford English Dictionary, he gets a lesson in regional slang. ... Robin asks whether British English will still matter in a post-colonial, post-Brexit world.

The British Empire Universities Modern English Illustrated Dictionary. Revised under the chief editorship of Edward D. Price Dr. H. Thurston Peck. Pp. lxxx + 1008.

The Oxford English Dictionary has changed its definition of the word Yid to include a "supporter of or player for Tottenham Hotspur". The word has frequently been used against Jewish people as an ...

British dictionary gives new answers about family origins. ENGLISH LANGUAGE. ... Previously, experts believed it derived from the Middle English female personal name Maud.