Writer Anthony Burgess invented futuristic slang for his cult novel A Clockwork Orange and was so fascinated by the language of the street that he began work on a dictionary more than 50 years ago.

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Now his lost dictionary of slang has been discovered in a vast archive of his papers and possessions.

A Clockwork Orange author only managed entries for three letters and his abortive labours were thought to have gone for ever

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