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Radio Times

The Radio Times (1923–).
The 894th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 544 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).

Total number of quotations544Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word8Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning71Find quotations
LemmaDefinitionDate
B.B.C.Initial letters of British Broadcasting Corporation, a public corporation orig.…1923Go To Quotation
compèretrans. and intr. To act as compère (for an entertainment).1933Go To Quotation
DalekA type of robot appearing in ‘Dr. Who’, a B.B.C. Television science-fiction programme…1963Go To Quotation
jogah= busker n.1928Go To Quotation
lurgyUsu. in phr. the dreaded lurgy. A fictitious, highly infectious disease invented (?) and…1954Go To Quotation
milliamp= milliampere n.1923Go To Quotation
radiogenicWell suited for broadcasting by radio; providing an attractive subject for a radio broadcast.1928Go To Quotation
telerecordingA recording of a television programme made while it is being transmitted. Also occas., the action of making such a recording.1953Go To Quotation

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