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Letter: Hornswoggled

John Simpson
Sunday 18 September 1994 23:02 BST
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Sir: You've been hornswoggled. 'Bodacious' dates back to 1830s America: see the OED.

Yours faithfully,

JOHN SIMPSON

Chief Editor, OED

Oxford University Press

Oxford

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