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The dictionary of difficult words / compiled and written by lexicographer Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781786038111
- ISBN: 1786038110
- Physical Description: 108 pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
- Publisher: Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Cover title. "With more than 400 perplexing words to test your wits!"--Cover. |
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| Subject: | English language > Dictionaries, Juvenile. Picture dictionaries > Juvenile literature. Vocabulary > Dictionaries, Juvenile. |
| Genre: | Dictionaries. Instructional and educational works. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at scottsboropl.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| scottsboropl | J 423 Sol | 32269001143414 | Juvenile - NonFiction | Available | - |
