MG
recalls in her memoirs how the first original piece of writing she composed at primary school, on the subject of Tea, caused a fuss. She mentioned the fact, which she had read somewhere...
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1914: In Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of...
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1914
In Burgess Unabridged: A New Dictionary of Words You Have Always Needed, Gelett Burgess
coined the word blurb, meaning an author's testimonial for the work of another writer.
