I ran to the battered old dictionary I kept in my cell.
I picked up some flowerpots and a lovely old dictionary from a house over on Hudson.
Why in the world would anyone want an old dictionary, when new ones have more words?
The old dictionary, among his most prized possessions, had said it could be flavored with wine.
As a result I would frequently find myself in the bathroom with the old red-covered dictionary looking for a word like - well, you know.
In several languages the rules have changed over time, and so older dictionaries may use a different order than modern ones.
It means 'brain,' according to some old dictionaries.
The air; felt dry and tasted like old dictionaries stored in late summer attics.
Its preparation used almost all the older Croatian dictionaries and the works of around one hundred writers.
It is the oldest extant Persian dictionary based on examples from poetry.