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02251aam a22004098i 4500 001 36EAFFE01A3011EEAF9CB4AD47ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230704010055 008 230208t20232020meu d 000 1 eng 010 $a 2023003928 020 $a 9798885789707 (large print : softcover) 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a PR6123.I55269 $b D53 2021 082 00 $a 823/.92 $2 23 100 1 $a Williams, Pip, $d 1969- $e author. 245 14 $a The dictionary of lost words / $c Pip Williams. 250 $a Large print edition. 260 $a Waterville, Maine : $b Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company, $c 2023. 263 $a 2306 300 $a 647 pages (large print) ; $c 23 cm. 520 $a "The Dictionary of Lost Words is a work of fiction. All incidents and dialogue, and all characters with the exception of some well-known historical figures, are products of the author's imagination and are not to be construed as real. Before the lost word, there was another. It arrived at the Scriptorium in a second-hand envelope, the old address crossed out and Dr Murray, Sunnyside, Oxford, written in its place. It was Da's job to open the post and mine to sit on his lap, like a queen on her throne, and help him ease each word out of its folded cradle. He'd tell me what pile to put it on and sometimes he'd pause, cover my hand with his, and guide my finger up and down and around the letters, sounding them into my ear. He'd say the word, and I would echo it, then he'd tell me what it meant"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Lexicographers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Women $x Suffrage $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Encyclopedias and dictionaries $z England $x History $x History $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Large type books. 651 0 $a Great Britain $x Social life and customs $v Fiction. 941 $a 7 945 $a lpt 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20240601011934.0 952 $l YTPG232 $d 20231102012407.0 952 $l KWPE446 $d 20231028023017.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20230914010036.0 952 $l EMPB715 $d 20230829160044.0 $m LP Wil 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230808011258.0 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20230704012525.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=36EAFFE01A3011EEAF9CB4AD47ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search