• Douglas A. Harper (born 1948) is an American sociologist and photographer. He is the holder of the Rev. Joseph A. Lauritis, C.S.Sp. Endowed Chair in Teaching...
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  • describes the origins of English words, written and compiled by Douglas R. Harper. Douglas R. Harper, an American Civil War historian and copy editor for LNP...
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     415. ISBN 978-0-19-954793-7. "Spinach". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2019. "Caryophyllales". www.mobot.org. Retrieved...
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    being repeated as many times as desired). According to etymologist Douglas Harper, the phrase is derived from Yiddish and is of Germanic origin. It is...
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  • Retrieved June 17, 2011. Douglas Harper (2010). "Ingenious Trifling". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved June 17, 2011. Douglas Harper (2010). "Fuck". Online...
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    Retrieved 12 February 2012. "toddy". Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper. Retrieved 21 September 2016. Lyons, Paddy (2013). Romantic Ireland:...
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    Life of William O. Douglas (Harper & Row, 1980) Urofsky, Melvin I., Conflict Among the Brethren: Felix Frankfurter, William O. Douglas and the Clash of...
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    Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 11 July 2016. "Groom". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 8 December 2019. "Groom"...
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    Benjamin Charles Harper (born October 28, 1969) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Harper plays an eclectic mix of blues, folk...
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    Retrieved 9 November 2022. "Cayenne (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2022. Retrieved 9 November...
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    women regarded as very attractive. The Online Etymology Dictionary by Douglas Harper attests the usage of the term in this meaning since 1942. Bombshell...
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    Crown Publishing Group, 1989), pp. 36f Douglas Harper. "Carborundum". Etymonline. Retrieved 2022-07-26. Douglas Harper. "Corundum". Etymonline. Retrieved...
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    Lee". Die Welt (in German). 3 August 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2023. Douglas Harper (3 June 2023). "Windward". Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved 29...
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    apparently based on the Dictionary of American Regional English Huckleberry, Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001 Colwell, James L. (January 1971)...
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    "saute – Wiktionary". en.wiktionary.org. Retrieved 2018-09-01. "Saute". Douglas Harper. Retrieved 23 July 2012. "Sautéing". Alan's Kitchen. "How to Sauté (Pan...
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  • Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 12 January 2023. Online Etymology Dictionary. "sue (v.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved...
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    ISBN 9780521685535 (paperback). pp 70 "Beet". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2017. Retrieved 25 April 2017. "Root | Meaning of Root by Lexico"....
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    "Pickle". Douglas Harper. Archived from the original on 2 July 2014. Retrieved 26 October 2012. Online Etymology Dictionary. "gherkin". Douglas Harper. Archived...
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    p. 3. ISBN 1-59257-318-5. "Smoothie". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2018. Retrieved 25 October 2018. Moffitt, Sally (2014-06-01). "Sources:...
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  • Canada, Sweden, and Switzerland. Douglas Harper (2001–2012). "helmet". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 2012-05-27. Sean Crist...
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    1007/BF00644896. S2CID 122532573. Douglas Harper (2010). "Shield volcano". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved February 13, 2011. "Shield...
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    Gary Martin. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Douglas Harper (2001–2012). "hobby". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 5 May 2012. Gelber S M....
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    2012. Retrieved 26 January 2016. "Melon". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper Inc. 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019. "How spanspek got its South African...
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    University. Retrieved 23 May 2012. Douglas Harper (2001–2012). "analysis (n.)". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 23 May 2012. O'Connor...
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  • free dictionary. Individual rights Sui juris "My Prerogative" (song) Douglas Harper. "Online Etymology Dictionary". Retrieved 30 September 2012. v t e...
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    Retrieved 2016-09-25. Harper, Douglas. "coffer". Online Etymology Dictionary. Douglas Harper. Retrieved 14 December 2022. Harper, Douglas. "dam". Online Etymology...
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    2017-12-29. Retrieved 2021-02-23. "Molasses". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper, Inc. 2020. Archived from the original on 10 March 2021. Retrieved 4...
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    lived experiences". Pacific Conservation Biology. doi:10.1071/PC23044. Douglas Harper (2001). "Online Etymology Dictionary". Archived from the original on...
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    Philological Society (6): 69. "Gooseberry". Online Etymology Dictionary, Douglas Harper. 2018. Retrieved 21 May 2018. Thomé, Otto Wilhelm (1885). Flora von...
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    March 24, 2012. Namaste Archived 2014-03-02 at the Wayback Machine Douglas Harper, Etymology Dictionary Ying, Y. W., Coombs, M., & Lee, P. A. (1999),...
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