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242 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781606711385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 28 September 1998
Description
The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of it...
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242 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781606711385
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: HarperCollins
Publication date: 28 September 1998
Description
The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden within the rituals of it...