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Tobias Smollett

Tobias George Smollett (1721–1771), writer.
The 146th most frequently quoted source in the OED, with a total of 2360 quotations (about 0.07% of all OED quotations).
See article in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Total number of quotations2360Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a word99Find quotations
Quotations providing first evidence of a particular meaning416Find quotations
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