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Download or read book The Australian National Dictionary written by William Stanley Ramson and published by Melbourne ; New York : Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 814 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Compiled at the Australian National University's new dictionary Centre, this is the most comprehensive and authoritative record of Australian English. Following the style of the Oxford English Dictionary, it traces those words which are peculiar to Australia, or which are more common there than anywhere else.
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