This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections, and on talk pages, to cite Michael Quinion's Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins (2004).
The template takes the following optional parameters:
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or |entry=
– the entry in the work to be cited. If this parameter is omitted, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=
, |page=
or |pages=
– the page number(s) of the work cited. Use |pages=
to specify a range of pages, separating the first and last page numbers of the range with an en dash like this: |pages=110–111
.|3=
, |text=
, or |passage=
– a passage quoted from the work.|nodot=
– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use |nodot=1
or |nodot=yes
.{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo}}
(assuming it is used in the entry ballyhoo); or{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo|entry=Ballyhoo}}
; or{{R:Quinion Ballyhoo|=Ballyhoo}}