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Johnson's Dictionary - Loveapple

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This page defines 23 love-related words, including loveapple, lovemonger, lovesecret and lovetoy.

Taken from: Dictionary of the English Language
Author / Creator: Johnson, Samuel
Publisher: J. & P. Knapton, London
Date: 1755
Copyright: By permission of the British Library Board
Shelfmark: 680.k.12,13

 
 

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