Vocabulary Word
Word: monograph
Definition: scholarly article
Definition: scholarly article
Sentences Containing 'monograph'
In this case I found her biography sandwiched in between that of a Hebrew rabbi and that of a staff-commander who had written a monograph upon the deep-sea fishes.
"I think of writing another little monograph some of these days on the typewriter and its relation to crime.
I have, as you know, devoted some attention to this, and written a little monograph on the ashes of 140 different varieties of pipe, cigar, and cigarette tobacco.
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