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The dictionary of difficult words / [compiled and written by lexicographer Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart]

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
J 423 SOLO	Junior Non Fiction		Bankstown .	. Available .
J 423 SOLO	Junior Non Fiction		Chester Hill .	. Available .

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Field name	Details
ISBN	9781786038104 (hardback)
Name	Solomon, Jane author.
Title	The dictionary of difficult words / [compiled and written by lexicographer Jane Solomon ; illustrated by Louise Lockhart]
Published	London : Frances Lincoln Publishers Ltd, 2019.
Published	©2019
Description	108 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm.
Notes	"With more than 400 perplexing words to test your wits!"--Cover.
Summary	What is a bumbleshoot? Or a moonbow? And what does it mean when someone absquatulates...? Find out all this and more in the Dictionary of Difficult Words. Test your knowledge with more than 500 words to amaze, confuse and inspire budding wordsmiths (and adults). All of the words featured in this book are difficult to spell, hard to say and their meaning is obscure to most children (and most adults!) Written with simple, easy-to-understand definitions by lexicographer Jane Solomon, this dictionary celebrates the beauty of the English language for family trivia time spent around the printed page.
Target audience note	For ages 7+ years.
Subjects	English language -- Dictionaries, Juvenile
Genre	Picture dictionaries
Other Names	Lockhart, Louise illustrator.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: English language -- Dictionaries, Juvenile . Picture dictionaries . Authors: Lockhart, Louise . Solomon, Jane .