[New-Poetry] Dictionaires????

[Robin Hamilton]

two vols. of The Random House Dictionary of American Slang as well as medical, sexual, and foreign dictionaries, but The American Heritage, is always within reach.
  Question 2 (and this would be of great benefit): What are the best dictionaries on the web, either free or otherwise?



  (Maybe this was a question years ago, but I cannot remember.)



  When it comes to Major Dictionaries, start with the OED.



  There's also the SLD (foe) and the Ann Arbour MED (also foe).



  Most of the major slang dictionaries (B.E., Grose, Hotton, Farmer) can be gotten by a combination of googlebooks and the InInternet Archives.



  LEME doesn't cost much, and deals happily with individual subcscriptions, but it's only of use if you're interested in pre-1700 material.



  My advice would be to buy a cheap copy of the latest edition of Partridge's Dicitionary of the Underworld.



  Bottom line is there isn't such a thing as a "good" dictionary.



  Robin Hamilton
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