- 05.112 against the tunnel-wall.
Not found in OED.
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Twenty-first
- 01.128 And Thrain your father went away on the twenty-first of April,
Twenty, combined with all the ordinals or cardinals below ten, takes the hyphen according to OED.
“twenty, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208007. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Beech
- 03.012 The trees changed to beech
- 08.037 they came to a part where most of the trees were beeches.
- 08.132 The beeches were their favourite trees.
- 09.003 There the great beeches came right down to the bank,
Twenty-second
- 19.036 on June the Twenty-second
The first day of summer, give or take on a leap year.
Twenty, combined with all the ordinals or cardinals below ten, takes the hyphen according to OED.
“twenty, adj. and n.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208007. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Beak
- 06.091 The eagle only sharpened his beak on a stone
Bead
- 11.032 with beady eyes
Batter
- 04.021 Batter and beat! Yammer and bleat!
- 09.033 and battered to pieces,
- 09.056 and battered to bits;
Twice-baked
Mother’s twice-baked potatoes were done with butter, cheddar, milk, and a sprinkle of cayenne for color.
- 07.126 and twice-baked cakes that would keep good a long time,
Hyphenated in OED.
“twice, adv. (n. and adj.).” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208027. Accessed 21 September 2017.
Bat
- 02.042 any more than fly like a bat.
- 04.049 and with hardly any more noise than bats.
- 05.009 except the occasional whirr of a bat by his ears,
- 08.006 nor the huge bats,
- 12.014 with wings folded like an immeasurable bat,
- 13.024 Only a bat,
- 13.032 Only a bat
- 13.049 A whirl of bats frightened from slumber
- 17.041 the bats are above his army
- 17.054 while still the great bats swirled
Two-handed
- 12.096 two-handed,
- 17.031 in battle they wielded heavy two-handed mattocks;
Hyphenated in OED.
“ˈtwo-ˈhanded, adj.” OED Online, Oxford University Press, June 2017, http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/208232. Accessed 21 September 2017.
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