dict_dl/en_MerriamWebster/dag_MW.json
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"dagga":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a Russian country cottage used especially in the summer":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8d\u00e4-ch\u0259",
"also \u02c8da-"
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"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Stalin was encouraging but noncommittal, parking Mao in a dacha outside Moscow while hard bargaining dragged on for weeks. \u2014 Michael Schuman, The Atlantic , 9 Mar. 2022",
"At my family\u2019s dacha on the outskirts of Moscow, much of our summer abundance from the garden is canned, pickled, frozen, or somehow preserved for the long winter ahead. \u2014 Irina Groushevaia, Bon App\u00e9tit , 24 Feb. 2022",
"But there are quite a few takers, most of whom are thinking of building a dacha , or country house. \u2014 Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor , 27 Sep. 2021",
"For example, in Gooseberries, two men come upon a dacha (a cottage) in the woods. \u2014 Jeff Bradford, Forbes , 16 Sep. 2021",
"That same trip, Whelan went with Yatsenko to his family\u2019s dacha , in Sergiev Posad, a town about fifty miles from Moscow, known for its fourteenth-century Orthodox monastery. \u2014 Joshua Yaffa, The New Yorker , 4 Sep. 2020",
"Those who still go to work can get a special unlimited pass, but for personal matters -- such as driving to a store or a dacha (a country house) -- residents can only get two passes a week, each valid for one day. \u2014 Mary Ilyushina, CNN , 14 Apr. 2020",
"On the last day of shooting, Dec. 21, 1991, the actors and crew broke out champagne after filming a scene that involved a dinner Stalin hosted at his dacha with other Soviet leaders. \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com , 15 Jan. 2020",
"On the last day of shooting, Dec. 21, 1991, the actors and crew broke out champagne after filming a scene that involved a dinner for Soviet leaders hosted by Stalin at his dacha . \u2014 Neil Genzlinger, New York Times , 14 Jan. 2020"
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"Russian, from Old Russian, land allotted by a prince; akin to Latin dos dowry \u2014 more at date":""
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"1896, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220709-132242"
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"dagame":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a tropical American timber tree ( Calycophyllum candidissimum ) whose wood is used especially for building and tools and constitutes one of the lancewoods of commerce":[]
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"American Spanish dagame":""
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"dagger":{
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"adjective",
"noun"
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": a sharp pointed knife for stabbing":[],
": something that resembles a dagger":[],
": a character \u2020 used as a reference mark or to indicate a death date":[],
": in a state of open hostility or conflict":[],
": to stare angrily":[
"they looked daggers at each other across the table"
]
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"\u02c8da-g\u0259r"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Thompson made eight 3-pointers, and his 3 with 2:58 remaining gave the Warriors a 13-point lead and felt like the dagger . \u2014 Damichael Cole, USA TODAY , 14 May 2022",
"Harlan Thrombey has been killed, with a dagger , in his third-floor study, and everyone is a suspect. \u2014 Deanna Janes, Harper's BAZAAR , 5 May 2022",
"The entry also is marked with a dagger , indicating that the word had not qualified for the Acad\u00e9mie fran\u00e7aise\u2019s dictionary. \u2014 Julian Barnes, The New York Review of Books , 27 Apr. 2022",
"On Thursday, a passenger attempted to make it through airport security with a dagger concealed in a hairbrush handle at the Ithaca Tompkins Regional Airport, according to a tweet from TSA spokesperson Lisa Farbstein. \u2014 Zoe Sottile, CNN , 10 Apr. 2022",
"Nobody suspects an unassuming elderly woman might be lethal with a dagger . \u2014 Washington Post , 1 Mar. 2022",
"His make from the wing in the latter part of the second half felt like a dagger against slumping Indiana. \u2014 Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star , 5 Feb. 2022",
"Grand Blanc couldn\u2019t cut into the margin by more than four the rest of the way as Nichols\u2019 clutch 3 from the corner with 2:13 to go proved to be the dagger , giving the Pilots an 11-point advantage. \u2014 Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press , 26 Mar. 2022",
"Settle into your coffin and grab a dagger \u2014 Netflix's eight-part series First Kill will be dropping on June 10. \u2014 Seventeen , 17 May 2022"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English":""
},
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-091941"
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"daggerboard":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a removable narrow centerboard in some small boats that is raised and lowered by sliding up and down":[]
},
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"\u02c8da-g\u0259r-\u02ccb\u022frd"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Daggerboards on both hulls are in the water for a few moments during tacks and gybes. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2017",
"That could be due in part to the shape of their daggerboards , but for Oracle to alter its own would be a complex process. \u2014 Christopher Clarey, New York Times , 18 June 2017",
"Their pedaling powers the hydraulic systems used to trim the wingsail and raise and lower the daggerboards , or retractable centerboards, that are tipped with hydrofoils. \u2014 Bernie Wilson, The Seattle Times , 21 June 2017",
"Usually, only one of the two larger foils at the front (called daggerboards or L-foils, because of their distinctive shape) is in the water. \u2014 Chris Jones, Popular Mechanics , 1 June 2017"
],
"history_and_etymology":{},
"first_known_use":{
"circa 1930, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-100039"
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"daggerbush":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a plant of the genus Furcraea":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-103144"
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"dagger cocklebur":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": spiny clotbur":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-131419"
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"daggered":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": armed with a dagger":[]
},
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"\u02c8dag\u0259(r)d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English, from dagger entry 1 + -ed":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-135206"
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"Dagbane":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": dagomba":[]
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"first_known_use":{
"1913, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-105026"
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"dagoba":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a shrine for sacred relics in the Far East":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Singhalese d\u0101goba, d\u0101gaba , from Pali dh\u0101tugabbha , from Sanskrit dh\u0101tugarbha , literally, having relics inside, from dh\u0101tu element, elemental bodily substance, relics (from dadh\u0101ti he places) + garbha womb, interior":""
},
"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-183408"
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"Dagenham":{
"type":[
"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"former municipal borough in Essex, southeastern England":[]
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"\u02c8dag-n\u0259m",
"\u02c8da-g\u0259-n\u0259m"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-204229"
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"daglock":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a dirty or matted lock of fur, hair, or wool : taglock \u2014 see dag entry 1":[]
},
"pronounciation":[],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"dag entry 1 + lock":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-231436"
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"dag":{
"type":[
"abbreviation",
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a hanging end or shred":[],
": matted or manure-coated wool":[],
"dekagram":[]
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"\u02c8dag"
],
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Middle English dagge":"Noun"
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"14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":"Noun"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220711-232043"
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"Daghur":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a Mongol people inhabiting northwest Manchuria":[],
": a member of the Daghur people":[]
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"d\u00e4\u02c8gu\u0307(\u0259)r"
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"dagger fern":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": christmas fern":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-002012"
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"Dagestan":{
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"geographical name"
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"definitions":{
"autonomous republic of southeastern Russia in Europe on the western shore of the Caspian Sea and bordering on Azerbaijan and Georgia; capital Makhachkala area 19,421 square miles (50,300 square kilometers), population 2,910,249":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02ccd\u00e4-g\u0259-\u02c8st\u00e4n",
"\u02ccda-g\u0259-\u02c8stan"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-011230"
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"dago":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{},
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"\u02c8d\u0101-(\u02cc)g\u014d"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"alteration of earlier diego , from Diego , a common Spanish given name":""
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"first_known_use":{
"1832, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-020317"
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"dagger moth":{
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"noun"
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": any of several noctuid moths of Acronicta and related genera some of which have a mark suggesting a dagger near the anal angle of the forewings":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-035431"
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"daghesh":{
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"noun",
"transitive verb"
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": a point placed in a consonant in pointed writing in the Hebrew alphabet to denote that (1) it is pronounced as a stop rather than as a spirant or that (2) it is pronounced doubled":[],
": to mark with a daghesh":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Hebrew d\u0101gh\u0113sh":"Noun"
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"first_known_use":{},
"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-040441"
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"Dagomba":{
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"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a people in the Northern Territories, Ghana, identified primarily by possession of a common language":[],
": a Gur language of the Dagomba people":[]
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"d\u0259\u02c8g\u00e4mb\u0259"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-051824"
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"dago red":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": an inexpensive red wine":[]
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"history_and_etymology":{
"so called from its being typically made and drunk by Italians":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220715-093722"
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"daggy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"definitions":{
": having dags":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"-g\u0113"
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"dag entry 1 + -y":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-070642"
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"daggle":{
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"verb"
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"definitions":{
": to wet and soil (as a garment) by dragging in mire":[],
": to make wet by sprinkling or splashing : draggle":[
"clothes daggled by the splash of passing vehicles"
],
": to trail or drag about (as through mud or slush)":[]
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"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8dag\u0259l"
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"frequentative of dag entry 2":""
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"dagging":{
"type":[
"noun"
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": the act of removing dags":[],
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"\u2014 usually used in plural"
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"from gerund of dag entry 2":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-084230"
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"dag-tailed":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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"definitions":{
": having dags about the tail":[]
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"dag entry 1":""
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"dagger rudder":{
"type":[
"noun"
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"definitions":{
": a narrow usually deep rudder":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-085618"
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"dagger plant":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": spanish bayonet":[]
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-104641"
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"Daguerre":{
"type":[
"biographical name"
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"definitions":{
"Louis (-Jacques-Mand\u00e9) 1789\u20131851 French painter and inventor":[]
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"d\u0259-\u02c8ger"
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-110722"
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"daguerrean":{
"type":[
"adjective"
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": of or relating to Daguerre":[],
": of or relating to the daguerreotype":[]
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"d\u0259\u02c8ger\u0113\u0259n"
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"history_and_etymology":{
"Louis J. M. Daguerre \u20201851 French painter and inventor + English -an":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-160251"
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"dagger plank":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a diagonal member holding together and bracing launching poppets":[]
},
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"noun",
"transitive verb"
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"-\u02c8ger-\u0259-",
"-\u02c8ger-\u0113-",
"-r\u0259-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8ger-\u014d-\u02cct\u012bp",
"also d\u0259-\u02c8ger-\u0113-\u014d-\u02cct\u012bp",
"-\u02c8ge-r\u014d-"
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"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"This led to the invention of the daguerreotype , the first form of photography with practical exposure times. \u2014 Jacob Livesay, USA TODAY , 14 June 2022",
"Philadelphian Robert Cornelius\u2019s self-portrait, made just months after Louis Daguerre announced his daguerreotype photographic process \u2014 and more than 150 years before the debut of the iPhone. \u2014 Washington Post , 28 Apr. 2022",
"The daguerreotype , on the other hand, naively reproduced every pore that met its lens. \u2014 Susan Tallman, The New York Review of Books , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Although he was best known as a painter, Close\u2019s practice also included drawing, collage, daguerreotype and Polaroid photography, printmaking, and tapestries. \u2014 Marley Mariu, Vogue , 19 Aug. 2021",
"Catherine Opie\u2019s work is intentionally unfocused; Binh Danh prints photos of RVs on silver daguerreotype plates; David Benjamin Sherry renders Monument Valley in neon blue. \u2014 oregonlive , 10 May 2021",
"Then there\u2019s a lovely dissolve to a formal daguerreotype of Conan with his team, the Wabash Mashers. \u2014 Ramsey Ess, Vulture , 24 June 2021",
"And someone must have a portrait or a daguerreotype . \u2014 Washington Post , 26 May 2021",
"A century after daguerreotype , Walter Benjamin began contemplating the effects of \u2018mechanical reproduction\u2019 on art. \u2014 Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes , 13 May 2021"
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"French daguerr\u00e9otype , from L. J. M. Daguerre + French -o- + type":""
},
"first_known_use":{
"1839, in the meaning defined above":""
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"time_of_retrieval":"20220712-173538"
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": one that makes daguerreotypes":[]
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"-\u02c8ger-\u0259-",
"-\u02c8ge-r\u0113-",
"d\u0259-\u02c8ger-\u014d-\u02cct\u012b-p\u0259r",
"-\u02c8ger-\u0113-\u0259",
"-\u02c8ge-r\u0259- also -\u02c8ger-\u0113-\u014d-",
"-\u02c8ge-r\u014d-"
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"dagwood":{
"type":[
"noun"
],
"definitions":{
": a many-layered sandwich":[]
},
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"\u02c8dag\u02ccwu\u0307d"
],
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"after Dagwood Bumstead, character who made such sandwiches in the comic strip Blondie by M.B.Young \u20201973":""
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