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Margaret Oliphant

Margaret Oliphant Wilson Oliphant (1828–1897), novelist and biographer.
The 932nd most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 524 quotations (about 0.01% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations524Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word8Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning35Find quotations
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6.Lit. Hist. Eng.214.0%Find quotations in OED
7.Poor Gentleman163.0%Find quotations in OED
8.Innocent132.0%Find quotations in OED
9.Hester132.0%Find quotations in OED
10.Madonna Mary112.0%Find quotations in OED

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