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Sunday Telegraph

The Sunday Telegraph (London; 1961–).
The 796th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 606 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations606Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word11Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning31Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
bimboThe purchase of (a controlling share in) a company by a partnership of outside managers…1991Go To Quotation
blaggerA person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a bluffer, a scrounger, a cadger.1963Go To Quotation
channel zapper= channel surfer n.1986Go To Quotation
dinkyEither partner of a usu. professional working couple who have no children and…1986Go To Quotation
dishyVery attractive.1961Go To Quotation
metal detectoristA person who engages in metal-detecting.1987Go To Quotation
multiAn opening bid of two diamonds. See multicoloured adj. 2.1972Go To Quotation
No-MatesA person (usually a man) regarded as lonely or having no friends. Usually as a…1993Go To Quotation
paptrans. Of a paparazzo: to photograph. Freq. in pass. Also in extended use.1993Go To Quotation
parapenteThe activity or sport of gliding by means of an aerofoil parachute launched from…1987Go To Quotation
WagIn pl.: (collectively) the wives and girlfriends of a group of professional…2002Go To Quotation

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