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Bourdon's "40,000 Foreign Words"
Bourdon's dictionary
also: словарь Бурдона "40000 иностранных слов"
A real, frequently reprinted Russian reference dictionary of foreign loanwords; the fictitious editors claim to need it to learn the meaning of "realism" and "materialism," the very terms they spend the notice denouncing.
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A real, often-reprinted Russian reference dictionary of foreign loanwords; the joke is that the fictitious editors need it to know what "realism" and "materialism" -- the very words they rail against -- actually mean.