Lexicographer for a Day

Law Library Journal, Vol. 109, No. 1, Pp. 169-74 (2017)

7 Pages Posted: 14 Apr 2017

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Mary Whisner

University of Washington - School of Law

Date Written: Winter 2017

Abstract

Law librarians get to research a lot more than the law. This essay discusses two examples when I got to dabble in lexicography: "race to the bottom" and "till forbid."

Keywords: lexicography, word histories, etymology, law librarianship, word corpora, online research, Westlaw

Suggested Citation

Whisner, Mary, Lexicographer for a Day (Winter 2017). Law Library Journal, Vol. 109, No. 1, Pp. 169-74 (2017), Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2952980 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2952980

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