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| 99% | 4 | SHAK | Exact Match! | |||||
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| 35% | 14 | Led the team of editors to compile the OED | ||||||
noun • Scottish philologist and the lexicographer who shaped the Oxford English Dictionary (1837-1915) | ||||||||
| 34% | 4 | Most quoted author | ||||||
adverb • at another time • (old-fashioned or informal) in a little while | ||||||||
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| New York Times20 Nov 2011 | Down 102 | SHAK |
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