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Meanings of ready reckoner in английском

A handbook of tables used to facilitate computation.

Usage of ready reckoner in английском
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Twitter, that unreliable but swift ready reckoner of public emotion, faltered.
The Guardian
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He can do sums in his head, is a ready reckoner.
The Forest Lovers
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He consulted a ready reckoner that was on the desk.
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists
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It looks like a page out of a ready reckoner or a mathematician's nightmare.
The Lost Valley
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The kit includes a ready reckoner, euro calculator and notes and coins for staff training purposes.
The Irish Times
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They desire a kind of theological dictionary- areligiousready reckoner, together with guide-boardsat all crossings and turns.
Lectures of Col. R. G. Ingersoll - Latest
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It is said that the motor industry is the most effective ready reckoner for the state of the economy.
The Irish Times
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Fritz was the ready reckoner of the three, and quickly answered, "Twelve hundred horses, six hundred wagons, and six hundred drivers."
Pixy's Holiday Journey
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The first-edition catalogues issued by book dealers are the ready reckoners of literary reputation.
The Irish Times
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