Cover of The Oxford English dictionary

The Oxford English dictionary

by J. A. Simpson · first published 1989

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Vol. XIII: Quemadero - Roaver

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  • walterbell · May 27, 2015 · Recommends

    …an excellent commentary on simple but high quality code." (2) Harper's dictionary of classical literature and antiquities (1898), 1750 pages, https://archive.org/details/harpersdictiona00peckgoog (3) Oxford English Dictionary (1888), 15000 searchable page scans in a Windows app, https://archive.org/details/oed11_201407

    on “Ask HN: What are your recommended reads that are available for free?” ↗
  • svat · Mar 3, 2019 · Mentions

    …(https://tex.stackexchange.com/search?q=texbook). What appears to be true is that only 6 times someone bothered to link to Amazon when mentioning the book. Worse, for the English Language & Usage site, the Oxford English Dictionary does not even show up in the results (https://bookinsider.gitlab.io/2018/12/01/top-20-books-on-eng...) while in reality it's mentioned about 7000 times by acronym (https://english.stackexchange.com/search?q=oed)…

    on “Top books discussed on Stack Overflow and other Stack Exchange sites” ↗

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