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Paperback The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary Book

ISBN: 1541697219

ISBN13: 9781541697218

The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary

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"A charmingly full, frank, and humorous account of a career dedicated to rigorous lexicographic rectitude. . . . John Simpson] is an absolute hero." --Lynne Truss, New York Times Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And what do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? The answers to these questions can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. There is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments than its former chief editor, John...

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