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1. What is the earliest known reference to the word dictionary in the OED?
A: c1480 Medulla Gram. (Pepys) f. 32v, DixionariI]us[/I,‥an[gli]ce Dixionar[e] (source)

2. What sort of breed is a plum-pudding dog?
A: Dalmatian (source)

3. Fifty-fifty, cuppa, zippiness, and squiffy: for which of these words is P.G. Wodehouse not the first source in the OED?
A: squiffy (source)


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