Which part of this dictionary entry would not have been included in English dictionaries published before Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language?

Johnson’s Dictionary was notable for using quotations from well-known works of literature to show how words were used in context. Earlier English dictionaries could include definitions and etymologies, but the literary quotation was the feature that would not have appeared in them. The correct choice is the quotation from literature.

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