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Solomon, Jane, author, compiler.
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English language -- Dictionaries.
Picture dictionaries, English.
Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.
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The dictionary of di...
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The dictionary of difficult words / compiled and written by lexicographer Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart.
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Solomon, Jane, author, compiler.
Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, 2019.
Subjects
English language -- Dictionaries.
Picture dictionaries, English.
Vocabulary -- Juvenile literature.
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9781786038111 (hardcover)
1786038110 (hardcover)
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108 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
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"What is a bumbershoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more....Test your knowledge with more than 400 words to amaze, confuse, and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured...are difficult to spell, hard to say, and their meanings are obscure to most children (and most adults)! Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions...celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page"--Page [4] of cover.
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Thelma Parker Memorial P/S Library
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423.17 Solomon
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