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Lexicographer Wearing Underpants Crossword Clue

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noun

• English writer and lexicographer (1709-1784)

• 36th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Kennedy when Kennedy was assassinated (1908-1973)

• 17th President of the United States; was elected vice president and succeeded Lincoln when Lincoln was assassinated; was impeached but acquitted by one vote (1808-1875)

38%11Wearing puffy-legged underpants
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28%7 British 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

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