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  1. Nickname for a swot or studious person, or one who uses needlessly complicated words.
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Chambers English Dictionary of 1872 included an eight page appendix of Americanisms printed in small type, three columns to a page.
Over a century ago, Charles Cutter established a methodology for creating library catalogs called Rules for a Dictionary Catalog.
The Australian National Dictionary is a historical dictionary of some 10,000 Australianisms.
He also wrote several short biographies on early identities to be included in Dictionary of New Zealand Biography.
In 1986, the Press published a third work, The Oxford Spelling Dictionary, compiled by R. E. Allen, which also gives word divisions.
He was an occasional obituarist for The Independent and The Guardian and a contributor to the New Dictionary of National Biography.

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