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March 2008Notable and Quotable: Ring LardnerBorn on March 6, 1885, humorist Ring Lardner was known for short stories and sports writing, and he was widely admired for his keen ear for the vernacular. He died young, before the age of 50, but he left his mark in multiple citations in the Unabridged Dictionary. Interested in finding all 56 entries credited to writers named Lardner? It's easy. Choose the Unabridged as your reference and click on Advanced Search. Type Lardner in the Author field and click Search. The 39 Lardner citations that don't trace to Ring are divided up among Ring Lardner's sons and other relatives from this literary family. applesauce noun dauber noun dirty adjective festive adjective hang verb inhale verb language noun line out verb mash note noun peeper noun pip noun risky adjective scream noun sizable adjective so-and-so noun up-and-down adjective |
