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Burdon's Dictionary of 40,000 Foreign Words
Burdon's dictionary
also: словарь Бурдона "40000 иностранных слов"
A real popular Russian dictionary of foreign loanwords; the letter-writer consults it only after finishing her tirade against "realism" and "materialism."
Reading notes
- Unpublished. An Unfinished Novel §10 Burdon's dictionary of "40,000 Foreign Words"
A real popular Russian dictionary of foreign loanwords; the joke is that the letter-writer only just consulted it to learn the meaning of "realism" and "materialism" she has been denouncing throughout.
- To Al. P. Chekhov, 25 January 1883. Moscow. §9 a dictionary of foreign words
Likely Burdon's popular dictionary of "40,000 foreign words," a standard reference of the day for loanwords entering Russian; Anton promises to send Uncle Mitrofan Yegorovich a copy.