Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable / by John Ayto.
By: Ayto,John.
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TextPublisher: London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson ; 2005Description: xxvii,1523 p. ; HB.ISBN: 9780304357833.Subject(s): English -- Dictionary -- Phrase & FableDDC classification: 423.1 Summary: A brand-new edition of a classic reference book.The first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases and proper names, and a fund of fascinating and out-of-the-way information.20,000 entries and 1500 pages (including 1500 new entries), make this the biggest - and the best - Brewer's ever.New editor John Ayto is one of the UK's most respected lexicographers, and a specialist in word and phrase etymology.New word and phrase entries include Beckingham Palace, been there done that, compassion fatigue, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, frighten the horses and hissy fit.New 'fable' entries include Aragorn, Gormenghast, Hannibal Lecter, Hogwarts and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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A brand-new edition of a classic reference book.The first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases and proper names, and a fund of fascinating and out-of-the-way information.20,000 entries and 1500 pages (including 1500 new entries), make this the biggest - and the best - Brewer's ever.New editor John Ayto is one of the UK's most respected lexicographers, and a specialist in word and phrase etymology.New word and phrase entries include Beckingham Palace, been there done that, compassion fatigue, Disgusted of Tunbridge Wells, frighten the horses and hissy fit.New 'fable' entries include Aragorn, Gormenghast, Hannibal Lecter, Hogwarts and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
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