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416 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781529311488
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: John Murray
Edition Pub Date: 26 January 2021
Description
Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner. From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting so...
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416 pages • first pub 2019 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781529311488
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: John Murray
Edition Pub Date: 26 January 2021
Description
Welcome to a year of wonder with Susie Dent, lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner. From the real Jack the Lad to the theatrically literal story behind stealing someone's thunder, from tartle (forgetting so...