The Sunday Telegraph (London; 1961–).
The 793rd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 610 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).
| Lemma | Definition | Date | |
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| bimbo | The purchase of (a controlling share in) a company by a partnership of outside managers… | 1991 | Go To Quotation |
| blagger | A person who seeks to obtain or achieve something by persuasive talk or plausible deception; a bluffer, a scrounger, a cadger. | 1963 | Go To Quotation |
| channel zapper | = channel surfer n. | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| dinky | Either partner of a usu. professional working couple who have no children and… | 1986 | Go To Quotation |
| dishy | Very attractive. | 1961 | Go To Quotation |
| metal detectorist | A person who engages in metal-detecting. | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| multi | An opening bid of two diamonds. See multicoloured adj. 2. | 1972 | Go To Quotation |
| No-Mates | A person (usually a man) regarded as lonely or having no friends. Usually as a… | 1993 | Go To Quotation |
| pap | trans. Of a paparazzo: to photograph. Freq. in pass. Also in extended use. | 1993 | Go To Quotation |
| parapente | The activity or sport of gliding by means of an aerofoil parachute launched from… | 1987 | Go To Quotation |
| Wag | In pl.: (collectively) the wives and girlfriends of a group of professional… | 2002 | Go To Quotation |
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