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I was given a copy of Chambers Dictionary[0] by my sister for my 18th birthday, I still have it. According to wiki, it is "widely used by British crossword solvers and setters, and by Scrabble players[..] It contains many more dialectal, archaic, unconventional and eccentric words than its rivals, and is noted for its occasional wryly humorous definitions".

I've always loved its definition of "éclair":

> "a cake, long in shape but short in duration"

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chambers_Dictionary

>>logifa+(OP)
Except that I totally didn't get what "éclair" is.

>>nichij+R9
In which case you're probably looking for an encyclopedia, rather than a dictionary.

>>margin+gf
The word you are looking for is 'patisserie'.

>>logifa+(OP)
Does your modern version have that definition still?

>>logifa+(OP)
Anyone know of a good offline version for linux? (besides just searching within an ebook copy)

>>Jabble+Yj
Yes. They removed a lot of the fun definitions in the nineties, but by popular demamd they were brought back!

>>logifa+(OP)
A good éclair is certainly short in duration.

>>crtasm+hn
There is one linked in the article. Stardict format; any reasonable dictionary software will read it.

>>margin+gf
You'd go to an encyclopedia to find out the history, origins, detailed variations, regional specialities and so on about the topic of éclairs not to understand what an éclair itself is. A dictionary should perfectly well describe a thing without needing to pull out an encyclopedia and if you look at a updated/modern version of the Chambers Dictionary you'll get just such a definition: "A long cake of choux pastry with a cream filling and chocolate or coffee icing."

>>logifa+(OP)
Wow! That's certainly a good one. A couple old favorites of mine are: mullet – a hairstyle that is short at the front, long at the back, and ridiculous all around, and regift – to give (an unwanted present) as a gift to another person, in a process which is likely to continue almost indefinitely.

>>interf+4L
That appears to be a 2007 copy of Websters? I'm looking for Chambers. Seems that there isn't an ebook of it, just phone apps.

Discovered that their 13th edition accidently left out ~500 words:

https://chambers.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Chambers-M...

>>logifa+(OP)
Funny about the eclair. My girlfriend said the same thing.