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British Lexicographer Author 1894 1979 Crossword Clue

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36%7British writer and lexicographer, James
noun

• Scottish author noted for his biography of Samuel Johnson (1740-1795)

• a devoted admirer and recorder of another's words and deeds

36%9 Surname of the British lexicographer, philologist, and language scholar
noun

• English philologist who first proposed the Oxford English Dictionary (1825-1910)

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New York Times21 Apr 1991 Across 43 ERICPARTRIDGE
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