"from aardvark to zymurgy" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "In reference to the first and last major words in many English dictionaries.",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1952, John David Marshall, editor, Books, Libraries, Librarians: Contributions to Library Literature, Shoe String Press, page 86",
          "text": "What a glorious prospect—to be alone on an island, with an opportunity to sit back against a banana tree, and read all the way from aardvark to zymurgy!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Chang-Rae Lee, Native Speaker, Penguin",
          "text": "I read my entire children's encyclopedia, drilling from aardvark to zymurgy. I never made an error at shortstop.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Melvin A. Benarde, You've Been Had!",
          "text": "Researchers expect and anticipate that their work will be scrutinized by other scientists and whatever the object of study, from Aardvark to Zymurgy, it is certain to be researched by a plethora of investigators from Stockholm to Shanghai to San Francisco[.]",
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        "Synonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively."
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        "(informal) Synonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "alpha and omega"
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  "word": "from aardvark to zymurgy"
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  "etymology_text": "In reference to the first and last major words in many English dictionaries.",
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    {
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        {
          "ref": "1952, John David Marshall, editor, Books, Libraries, Librarians: Contributions to Library Literature, Shoe String Press, page 86",
          "text": "What a glorious prospect—to be alone on an island, with an opportunity to sit back against a banana tree, and read all the way from aardvark to zymurgy!",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996, Chang-Rae Lee, Native Speaker, Penguin",
          "text": "I read my entire children's encyclopedia, drilling from aardvark to zymurgy. I never made an error at shortstop.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Melvin A. Benarde, You've Been Had!",
          "text": "Researchers expect and anticipate that their work will be scrutinized by other scientists and whatever the object of study, from Aardvark to Zymurgy, it is certain to be researched by a plethora of investigators from Stockholm to Shanghai to San Francisco[.]",
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        }
      ],
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        "Synonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively."
      ],
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        "(informal) Synonym of from A to Z: from the beginning to the end; covering everything comprehensively."
      ],
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  "word": "from aardvark to zymurgy"
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