Onions

American  

[uhn-yuhnz] / ˈʌn yənz /

noun

1. Charles Talbut 1873–1965, English lexicographer and philologist.

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Onions British  

/ ˈʌnjənz /

noun

1. Charles Talbut. 1873–1965, English lexicographer; an editor of the Oxford English Dictionary

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Example Sentences

“The cook who smells like onions?”

From Literature

The same Parker, who is also a line cook who smells like onions sometimes, and the second-best debater in Munising, Michigan.

From Literature

Alongside heaping plates of spiced rice — filled with generous chunks of tender mutton and buttery marrow and slivers of fried golden onions — were bowls of a humble condiment.

From Salon

And there are the slices of cucumbers and onions, which add an extra layer of refreshment.

From Salon

“Offal wasn’t rationed during the war, and my mother resorted to the sort of food she’d eaten as a child: tripe and onions, brains, tongue and braised rabbit,” he told the Independent in 2009.

From The Wall Street Journal