Something must've disturbed them, or it wasn't worth the risk now they were considering cutlery and Swahili--English dictionaries.
Dexter Petley WHITE LIES (2003)
A bit cramped but maybe that's because every inch of space is crammed with dictionaries.
Anthony Masters CASCADES - THE DAY OF THE DEAD (2003)
I used to read them on wet days. Papa would send to England and Germany for them and she would sit there translating with dictionaries.
Sara MacDonald SEA MUSIC (2003)
All related terms of 'dictionaries'
dictionary
A dictionary is a book in which the words and phrases of a language are listed alphabetically, together with their meanings or their translations in another language.
data dictionary
an index of data held in a database and used to assist in the access to data
data directory
an index of data held in a database and used to assist in the access to data
pocket dictionary
a small portable dictionary
reverse dictionary
an alphabetical list of words spelled in reversed order, of use esp. to linguists and cryptographers
rhyming dictionary
a specialist dictionary organized by the final sounds of words, used to write poetry