With 37 years of dictionary experience and former Chief Editor of the world's most important dictionary, Simpson shows us the technical lexicography needed to understand a word and the careful poetry needed to construct its definition.
Told with humour and charm, he includes the history and origin of words including, kangaroo, bicycle and hot-dog.
Abacus Word detective, paperback/john simpson
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