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Dictionary Of The English Language

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The first century of English monolingual lexicography

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Heritage Illustrated Dictionary of the English Language

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The making of the Oxford English dictionary

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A Dictionary of Abbreviations : With Especial Attention to War-Time Abbreviations

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