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Originally Posted by Pomtroll
Harry I was wondering what those words meant & looked in my paper dictionary. Could find neither. Guess I need more comprehensive dictionaries than the American Heritage & Webster Student edition. I usually read with a dictionary nearby because there often times is a word I don't know.
So these words are in your Kindle dictionaries? If the are that good, I just may get a Kindle.
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They're in both the Kindle and the Sony dictionary, with quite a full explanation. Eg, the Kindle says for "ha-ha":
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n. a ditch with a wall on its inner side below ground level, forming a boundary to a park or garden without interrupting the view.
<ORIGIN> early 18th century: from French, said to be from the cry of surprise on suddenly encountering such an obstacle.
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