Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense ; and Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial DialectsH. G. Bohn, 1857 - English language |
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| Title | Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense ; and Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the English Writers Previous to the Nineteenth Century which are No Longer in Use, Or are Not Used in the Same Sense. And Words which are Now Used Only in the Provincial Dialects, Thomas Wright |
| Compiled by | Thomas Wright |
| Publisher | H. G. Bohn, 1857 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Oct 2007 |
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