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Twain coining words?
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Fri, 26 Sep 2008 09:28:00 -0400
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I was just spell-checking my story and took out a couple of words which
didn't turn out to be in any standard dictionary (but which sounded good
to me ;-) .

I know Shakepeare and Swift and Lewis Carroll coined words that caught
on and are  still in the language.

Did Twain?

DDD

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