Merriam

The definition of “innuendo,” according to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, is “an oblique allusion.”

According to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary, “Redskin” is labeled “usually offensive.”

Merriam-Webster has updated its collegiate dictionary, and entries like ‘gastropub’ and ‘man cave’ have been added.

Here we can readily distinguish these "little gray-robed monks and nuns," as Miss Florence Merriam calls them.

Winnie Merriam was fourteen, but people usually took her for a year older, because of her slim height.

Mrs. Merriam made room for Florence in her lap, and went on above her with the sandwich and the story.

Helen came in by the open back door, spoke to 12 Mrs. Merriam, who was getting breakfast, and tore up the stairs to Winnies room.

Very well, said Mrs. Merriam, sitting down 21 across from her daughter and helping herself to something to eat.