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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- An ancient Greek city of Asia Minor northwest of Ephesus. It was famous for its cavalry.
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Examples
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I can't resist quoting from his postscript, entitled "Colophon" -- an end note about the book's authorship and printing.
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To paraphrase Felix Kennaston's own words (as recorded in the "Colophon" to Men Who Loved Alison), he had determined in this story lovingly to deal with an epoch and a society, and even a geography, whose comeliness had escaped the wear-and-tear of ever
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And you may or may not remember, likewise, what Kennaston wrote, about this time, in the "Colophon" to Men Who Loved Alison.
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Although his book output has been limited-Leaves is just the third book from his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry imprint-his broadsides are widely seen, and he printed a number of pamphlets and books for Colophon Books in the 1980s.
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Although his book output has been limited-Leaves is just the third book from his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry imprint-his broadsides are widely seen, and he printed a number of pamphlets and books for Colophon Books in the 1980s.
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Although his book output has been limited-Leaves is just the third book from his Pie Tree Press & Type Foundry imprint-his broadsides are widely seen, and he printed a number of pamphlets and books for Colophon Books in the 1980s.
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Colophon: "The text of Heart of Darkness has been edited to conform to the 1921 Heinemann edition."
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Colophon: "The text of Heart of Darkness has been edited to conform to the 1921 Heinemann edition."
Horror, and Heart of Darkness, Winner: 2010 Carl Hertzog Award 2010
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Hanging on the Colophon Omnivoracious 2010
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She excavated a number of sites in Greece and Turkey, including Halae, Colophon, Eutresis, and Tarsus.
Hetty Goldman. 2009
Linder commented on the word Colophon
Colophon is one of your links at the bottom of the page, between FAQs and Privacy policy. However, your dictionary entry defines it only as a Greek city in Asia Minor, which suggests some fundamental limitations of the site at this point in its development. And, the word has been looked up 379 times, so you are creating a less than positive impresssion, maybe first impression, with a number of people.
July 7, 2009
676117038 commented on the word Colophon
You need to add a second definition: "A brief description of publication or production notes relevant to the edition, in modern books usually located at the reverse of the title page, but can also sometimes be located at the end of the book"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colophon
February 4, 2011
reesetee commented on the word Colophon
Have either of you tried the colophon (all lower case) page?
February 5, 2011
yarb commented on the word Colophon
The problem is not the users, it's Wordnik's ridiculous policy of separate and distinct entries for upper- and lower-case version of words.
February 6, 2011
mollusque commented on the word Colophon
But Wordie's policy of combining them was equally problematic, and Wordnik often provides cross-references. If you search for "wordnik", it asks "Were you looking for Wordnik?" If you search for "america", it says "The definitions below are for America. The examples and other data are for the variant you requested, america."
February 6, 2011
reesetee commented on the word Colophon
I have no problem either way; just thought Ken and Linder might not have known about Wordnik's case-sensitivity bit.
February 7, 2011