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Fopdoodle and Salmagundi. Words and meanings from Dr Johnson’s dictionary that time forgot.
A revealing selection of over 1400 entries in Dr Johnson’s famous dictionary first published 250 years ago that show how meanings have changed, words have slipped out of use and attitudes have been transformed often with hilarious consequences.
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