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Stephen Turton. Before the Word was Queer: Sexuality and the English Dictionary, 1600–1930. Stephen Turton. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2024. xv + 333 pp. ISBN 978-1-316-51873-1 (HB) £ 105.00

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Published online: 15 November 2024
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