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Re: War to end (all) war(s)

The dictionary to end all dictionaries.

At 10:26 AM 12/9/98 -0500, J. King wrote:
>
>A quick lookup in the OED (cd version, which makes searching so much
>easier) brings:
>d. war to end war(s): a war which is intended to make subsequent wars
>impossible; usu. spec. the war of 1914_18.
>[1914 H. G. Wells (title) The war that will end war.]


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