"from A to Zee" meaning in All languages combined

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Prepositional phrase [English]

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=from A to Zee}} from A to Zee, {{en-PP|head=from A to Zee}} from A to Zee
  1. (US) Alternative form of from A to Z. Tags: US, alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: from A to Z
    Sense id: en-from_A_to_Zee-en-prep_phrase-e9LARQL7 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "1913, Oliver Onions, The Two Kisses: A Tale of a Very Modern Courtship, London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., page 170",
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          "ref": "1936 December, Richard Aldington, “To Patricia and A. S. Frere (privately held)”, in Norman T. Gates, editor, Richard Aldington: An Autobiography in Letters, The Pennsylvania State University Press, published 1992, page 143",
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          "ref": "1985 [a. 1931?], D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “‘Art and Morality’, First version”, in Bruce Steele, editor, Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence), Cambridge University Press, published 2002, page 236",
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          "ref": "1991, Gopal Baratham, chapter 6, in A Candle or The Sun, Serpent’s Tail, page 62",
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          "ref": "2000, Andrew Loog Oldham, Stoned, London: Secker & Warburg, page 118",
          "text": "I knew my French rock ’n’ roll from A to Zee via Salut Les Copains, the glossy colour music mag that took its pop as seriously as Cahiers du Cinéma did film.",
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