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Summary: Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2005
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Summary: For the first time ever, this thrilling literary detective story, doubling as a celebration of words, language, people and one of mankind's greatest achievements, unravels the mystery of the contributors from around the world who, for over seventy years, helped to codify the way we read, write and speak.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.0922 OGLKorach, Myron.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lyons Press 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 422 KORJack, Albert.
Summary: A compendium of phrases that are used every day in the English language explores their origins and evolution, encompassing such sayings as "go with the flow," "mad as a hatter," "left in the lurch," and "getting down to brass tacks."
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollinsPublishers 2006