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Books by John Ayto

Ian Crofton is a freelance writer and editor. His publications include A Dictionary of Musical Quotations (with Donald Fraser) and A Dictionary of Art Quotations and he was editor-in-chief of The Guinness Encyclopedia. He contributed entries on history, music and art to Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable and has written articles for a number of other children's and adults' reference books.

John Ayto is a writer and lexicographer. He is the editor of the 17th edition of Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable and co-author (with Ian Crofton) of Brewer's Britain and Ireland. His other authorial credits include The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang and The Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Histories. He lives in London.

Previous titles include:

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable: 1st Ed (Feb 2001)
OXFORD WORD ORIGINS DICTIONARY By John Ayto
OXFORD WORD ORIGINS DICTIONARYby John Ayto
Well Read
£4.50
Word Origins By John Ayto
Word Originsby John Ayto
Very Good
£4.80
Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.50
Twentieth Century Words By John Ayto
Twentieth Century Wordsby John Ayto
Very Good
£4.30
The Glutton's Glossary By John Ayto
The Glutton's Glossaryby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.49
The Diner's Dictionary By John Ayto
The Diner's Dictionaryby John Ayto
Very Good
£9.00
From the Horse's Mouth By John Ayto
From the Horse's Mouthby John Ayto
Very Good
£4.30
The Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.50
Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.70
Good English! By John Ayto
Good English!by John Ayto
Very Good
£3.50
The Diner's Dictionary By John Ayto
The Diner's Dictionaryby John Ayto
Very Good
£7.90
Euphemisms By John Ayto
Euphemismsby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.49
Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.50
A Century of New Words By John Ayto
A Century of New Wordsby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.90
Euphemisms By John Ayto
Euphemismsby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.90
Longman Register of New Words By John Ayto
Longman Register of New Wordsby John Ayto
Very Good
£4.00
A Gourmet's Guide By John Ayto
A Gourmet's Guideby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.49
The Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
Very Good
£4.10
An A to Z of Food and Drink By John Ayto
An A to Z of Food and Drinkby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.60
Movers and Shakers By John Ayto
Movers and Shakersby John Ayto
Very Good
£3.50