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The definition of “innuendo,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “an oblique allusion.”
Bill Cosby’s Long List of Accusers (So Far): 18 Alleged Sexual Assault Victims Between 1965-2004|Marlow Stern|November 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As he once told Brassai, the Gagosian exhibition catalog states, “I want to leave as complete a record as possible for posterity.”
Revealing The Unseen Picasso|Justin Jones|November 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In fact, my Random House Dictionary goes so far as to define it.
Donald E. Westlake Defends the Semicolon|Donald E. Westlake|October 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Other new admissions to the dictionary include qayaq—an alternate spelling of kayak—and thongy.
Well, La Ti Da: Stephin Merritt’s Winning Little Words of Scrabble|David Bukszpan|October 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Phones on desks, linens on beds, catalog cards spilling out of the filing cabinets—all covered with a fine patina of dust.
The Ghost Hotels of the Catskills|Brandon Presser|August 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST
He prepared a glossary of provincial and archological words, intended for a supplement to Johnson's Dictionary.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
And when they came to the next story the Boy took pleasure in doing his own hunting in the dictionary.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
The Dictionary we have compiled will tell the amateur what names will most probably supply the qualities he desires.
Violins and Violin Makers|Joseph Pearce
A big dictionary placed in an armchair, raised little Henrietta to the proper height at the Norwood dinner table.
The Campfire Girls of Roselawn|Margaret Penrose
Well, suppose you are allowed one, and you choose a French dictionary, and try to learn it off by heart before you come out.
First Plays|A. A. Milne

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