harmless drudge
1drudge — Used of someone who slaves away at uninteresting and unrewarding work, a hack. Dr Johnson famously defined ‘lexicographer’ in his Dictionary as ‘a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing the original, and… …
2Lexicographer — A lexicographer is a person devoted to the study of lexicography, especially an author of a dictionary. Samuel Johnson, himself a lexicographer, defined a lexicographer as a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge that busies himself in tracing …
3A Dictionary of the English Language —   Title page from the second editi …
4Dictionary of the English Language — Das Dictionary of the English Language ist ein von Samuel Johnson verfasstes Wörterbuch des Englischen. Es erschien 1755 und gilt bis heute als eines der einflussreichsten Wörterbücher in der Geschichte der englischen Sprache. Entstehung Die… …
5Samuel Johnson — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Johnson. Samuel Johnson …
6lexicographer — a writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge (after Samuel Johnson s Dictionary of the English Language, 1755), but also an excellent way to learn more about a specialised topic such as ichthyology …
7Johnson, Samuel — known as Dr. Johnson born Sept. 18, 1709, Lichfield, Staffordshire, Eng. died Dec. 13, 1784, London British man of letters, one of the outstanding figures of 18th century England. The son of a poor bookseller, he briefly attended Oxford… …
8Johnson, Samuel — 1. (1696–1772) American philosopher. A symptomatic figure rather than an independently important philosopher, Johnson was born in Connecticut and taught at Yale. He was instrumental in founding the university of Pennsylvania and Columbia… …
9Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… …
10The Rush Limbaugh Show — Genre Talk show Running time 3 hours Country United States …
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