rn my strategy is just reading academic papers and following the citation chains to conspicuous dead ends but I worry I'm missing something
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Isn’t this what OED is known for?
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uhhh is it?
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Yes. Many insufferable English prof couldn't stop referencing it for that purpose.
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That said the OED is a true masterwork. Cost reflects it.
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iirc the oxford english dictionary used lots and lots of small scraps of paper
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They farmed it out to people in lunatic asylums. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Chester_Minor …
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Other than taking the dictionary's word for it, if it was in the dictionary, you got me. I guess it was off to the Etymology Department's library, or something. If it was part of a quote you could look in a quotation dictionary (e.g. Bartlett's) and see if that gave you a lead.
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This might be interesting to you: https://www.bartleby.com/100/
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