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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.

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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable: 1st Ed (Feb 2001)
Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Oxford School Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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Word Origins By John Ayto
Word Originsby John Ayto
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From the Horse's Mouth By John Ayto
From the Horse's Mouthby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slangby John Ayto
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OXFORD SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF WORDS ORIGINS By John Ayto
OXFORD SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF WORDS ORIGINSby John Ayto
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Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
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An A to Z of Food and Drink By John Ayto
An A to Z of Food and Drinkby John Ayto
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OXFORD WORD ORIGINS DICTIONARY By John Ayto
OXFORD WORD ORIGINS DICTIONARYby John Ayto
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The Diner's Dictionary By John Ayto
The Diner's Dictionaryby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Rhyming Slangby John Ayto
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Movers and Shakers By John Ayto
Movers and Shakersby John Ayto
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Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Oxford School Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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The Glutton's Glossary By John Ayto
The Glutton's Glossaryby John Ayto
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A Gourmet's Guide By John Ayto
A Gourmet's Guideby John Ayto
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Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemisms By John Ayto
Wobbly Bits and Other Euphemismsby John Ayto
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Twentieth Century Words By John Ayto
Twentieth Century Wordsby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
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The Diner's Dictionary By John Ayto
The Diner's Dictionaryby John Ayto
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Euphemisms By John Ayto
Euphemismsby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slangby John Ayto
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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A Century of New Words By John Ayto
A Century of New Wordsby John Ayto
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words By John Ayto
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Wordsby John Ayto
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OXFORD POCKET DIC OF WORD ORIGINS By John Ayto
OXFORD POCKET DIC OF WORD ORIGINSby John Ayto
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Euphemisms By John Ayto
Euphemismsby John Ayto
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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable By John Ayto
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fableby John Ayto
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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase And Fable 17th Edition By John Ayto
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase And Fable 17th Editionby John Ayto
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The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Words By John Ayto
The Hutchinson Dictionary of Difficult Wordsby John Ayto
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Making Sense of Foreign Words in English By John Ayto
Making Sense of Foreign Words in Englishby John Ayto
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Longman Register of New Words By John Ayto
Longman Register of New Wordsby John Ayto
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Good English! By John Ayto
Good English!by John Ayto
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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slangby John Ayto
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The Oxford Dictionary of Slang By John Ayto
The Oxford Dictionary of Slangby John Ayto
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Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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OXFORD SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF WORDS ORIGINS By John Ayto
OXFORD SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF WORDS ORIGINSby John Ayto
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Dictionary of Word Origins By John Ayto
Dictionary of Word Originsby John Ayto
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