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The Wordsworth dictionary of phrase and fable

Paperback • 1993 • English • 1. edition

The Wordsworth dictionary of phrase and fable

By Ivor H. Evans

Part of the series Wordsworth reference

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About the book

The book is based on Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's book "Dictionary of phrase and fable", and explains the origins of the familiar and the unfamiliar in everyday speech and literature, including the colloquial and the proverbial. It also includes expressions from current English usage and encompasses a wide range of phrase from the United States and the Commonwealth and fable from the lore of Ireland and Wales.

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ISBN

9781853263002

Publisher

Wordsworth Editions

Published year

1993

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The Wordsworth dictionary of phrase and fable

Format

Paperback

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