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Bas Aarts author The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar 2
Robert Allen editor Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage 2
John Ayto editor Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable 1
John Ayto editor Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang 2
John Ayto editor The Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms 3
Katherine Barber editor The Canadian Oxford Dictionary 2
Paul Bouissac editor Encyclopedia of Semiotics 1
Pat Bulhosen editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: English-Italian 4
Pat Bulhosen editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: Italian-English 4
Sylvia Chalker author The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar 1 rev.
Marianne Chalmers editor The Oxford Business French Dictionary: English-French 1
Marianne Chalmers editor The Oxford Business French Dictionary: French-English 1
Marie-Helene Correard editor in chief The Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: English-French 4
Marie-Helene Correard editor in chief The Pocket Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary: French-English 4
Julia Cresswell author The Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins 2
Ian Crofton editor Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable 1
Breandán Ó Cróinin editor The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: English-Irish 1
Breandán Ó Cróinin editor The Pocket Oxford Irish Dictionary: Irish-English 1
Andrew Delahunty author A Dictionary of Reference and Allusion 3
Susie Dent editor Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 19
Tony Deverson editor The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary 1
Tony Deverson author The Oxford Dictionary of New Zealandisms 1
Sheila Dignen author A Dictionary of Reference and Allusion 3
Morton S. Freeman author A New Dictionary of Eponyms 1
Bryan A. Garner author The Oxford Dictionary of American Usage and Style 1
Jonathon Green author Green's Dictionary of Slang 1
T. F. Hoad editor The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1
Graeme Kennedy editor The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary 1
Gareth King editor The Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary: English-Welsh 1
Gareth King editor The Pocket Modern Welsh Dictionary: Welsh-English 1
Elizabeth Knowles editor The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 2
Mark LaFlaur author The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English 1
Christine A. Lindberg editor The New Oxford American Dictionary 3
Francesca Logi editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: English-Italian 4
Francesca Logi editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: Italian-English 4
Sinda López editor The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish 1
Sinda López editor The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English 1
Elizabeth Martin author The New Oxford Dictionary for Scientific Writers and Editors 2
Tom McArthur author Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language 1
Sean McMahon editor Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable 1
Bruce Moore editor The Australian Oxford Dictionary 2
James Morwood editor The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: English-Latin 3
James Morwood editor The Pocket Oxford Latin Dictionary: Latin-English 3
Jo O'Donoghue editor Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable 1
OUP editor New Oxford Rhyming Dictionary 2
OUP editor Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes 1
OUP editor The Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: English-German 4
OUP editor The Pocket Oxford German Dictionary: German-English 4
OUP editor The Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish 4
OUP editor The Pocket Oxford Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English 4
OUP editor The Pocket Oxford American Thesaurus 2
Martine Pierquin editor The Oxford Business French Dictionary: English-French 1
Martine Pierquin editor The Oxford Business French Dictionary: French-English 1
Loredana Riu editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: English-Italian 4
Loredana Riu editor The Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary: Italian-English 4
John Simpson editor Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang 2
John Simpson editor The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs 5
Thomas O. Sloane editor in chief Encyclopedia of Rhetoric 1
Jennifer Speake editor The Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs 6
Jennifer Speake author The Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English 1
Angus Stevenson editor The New Oxford American Dictionary 3
Angus Stevenson editor The Oxford Dictionary of English 3
Burt Vance author A Dictionary of Abbreviations 1
Maurice Waite editor The Oxford Paperback Thesaurus 4
Donald Watt editor The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: English-Spanish 1
Donald Watt editor The Oxford Business Spanish Dictionary: Spanish-English 1
Edmund Weiner author The Oxford Dictionary of English Grammar 1 rev.
Russ Willey editor Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase and Fable 1
G. A. Wilkes author A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms 5

 

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