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Discover LudwigThe phrase "walking encyclopedia" is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use it to describe someone who knows a lot about a certain topic or is very knowledgeable in general. For example, "My uncle is a walking encyclopedia of historical battles."
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Not everybody who teaches here is a walking encyclopedia.
She remembers him as "a walking encyclopedia, full of marvellous stories and information about everything".
That was also his own passion, as he was already a walking encyclopedia of Ducati lore.
"He's like a walking encyclopedia when it comes to baseball," he said.
Also a walking encyclopedia of every table d'hote on West Side.
Mr. Baussan, a native of Provence, is a walking encyclopedia of olive oils.
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To construct the most ambitious green building imaginable, the California Academy of Sciences required its architects, engineers, and builders to become walking encyclopedias.
Our goal was not to turn you into walking encyclopedias, although you may have felt that way during your general and comprehensive exams.
Walking encyclopedias of tune-age.
They are walking encyclopedias of mixers, syrups, and liquors.
My Balinese parents and their generation are walking encyclopedias of information about the environment, agriculture and the invisible world connected to that.
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