XPost: alt.usage.english, alt.english.usage   
   From: rjh@cpax.org.uk   
      
   On 29/08/2025 11:08, Hibou wrote:   
   > Le 29/08/2025 à 10:18, Steve Hayes a écrit :   
   >>   
   >> Does anyone here have access to the online Oxford dictionary,   
   >> and if   
   >> so, does it say anything about this usage. [...]   
   >   
   >   
   > I can see nothing relevant. (I think J. P. Gilliver's tame   
   > lexicographer has already indicated that there isn't anything.)   
      
      
   I can't help wondering. What do lexicographers actually eat? And   
   do you need a licence?   
      
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