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Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection

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Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection

Johnson's Dictionary: A Modern Selection

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Browse through 5,000 of Samuel Johnson's extraordinary contributions to the English language. You know you're not looking up ordinary definitions when you read that a lexicographer is "a writer of dictionaries: a harmless drudge". Many of the words have gone completely out of fashion (abecedarian, billingsgate, clapperclaw, yux, and zeugma), but once you see their meanings, you may want to bring them back.
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Type Book
ISBN13 9780304347056
ISBN10 0304347051
Number Of Pages 480
Item Weight 430 g
Product Dimensions 140 x 38 x 211 mm
Publisher / Reseller Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Format other
Edition Abridged
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