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The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
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Title: The Foolish Dictionary
Author: Gideon Wurdz
Illustrator: Wallace Goldsmith
Release Date: April 1, 2007 [EBook #1989]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ASCII
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[Illustration: GIDEON WURDZ.]
The FOOLISH DICTIONARY
An exhausting work of reference to un-certain English words, their origin, meaning, legitimate and illegitimate use, confused by A FEW PICTURES
BY WALLACE GOLDSMITH
Executed by GIDEON WURDZ Master of Pholly, Doctor of Loquacious Lunacy, Fellow of the Royal Gibe Society, etc., etc.
COVER DESIGNED BY E.B. BIRD
JOHN. W. LUCE AND COMPANY BOSTON MDCCCCIV
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