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Lost Crafts

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21 November 1953

It was announced that the 'Piltdown Man' fossils, discovered 40 years earlier and claimed to belong to our 'ancient ancestor', were fakes.

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Foyle's Further Philavery

A Cornucopia of Lexical Delights

A second expedition into the unfamiliar backwaters of the English language, where rare and exotic words reside undisturbed by everyday usage.

abibliophobia noun the fear or anxiety that one will run out of things to read
epeoloatry noun the worship of words
hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia noun a fear of long words

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Foyle's Further Philavery p.21
Foyle's Further Philavery p.33

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'A treasure trove' Susie Dent
'packed with delights' Mail On Sunday