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Item Details
| Title:
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BREWER'S DICTIONARY OF PHRASE AND FABLE
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| By: |
E.Cobham Brewer, John Ayto |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£25.00 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0304357839 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780304357833 |
| Publisher: |
ORION PUBLISHING CO |
| Pub. date: |
20 October, 2005 |
| Edition: |
17th Revised edition |
| Series: |
Brewer's S. |
| Pages: |
1454 |
| Description: |
Includes words and phrases (Al-Qaeda, 9/11), characters, places (and monsters) from fantasy literature (including "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter"), political and sporting nicknames. This dictionary includes 'list entries' like misattributed quotations, first lines of novels, and the 'etymologies' of rock group names. |
| Synopsis: |
"...there's never a dull moment to be had with this great, daft, pointless, wonderful brick of a book" - Amazon.co.uk. First published in 1870, Ebenezer Cobham Brewer's treasury of 'words that have a story to tell' is one of the world's best-loved reference books. At the heart of the dictionary lie entries on the meaning and origin of a vast range of words and expressions, from everyday English phrases to Latin tags. For the 17th edition of Brewer's, new editor John Ayto has revised and updated the existing text and added 1500 new articles. The latter include recent words and phrases (Al-Qaeda, 9/11), characters, places (and monsters) from recent fantasy literature (including "The Lord of the Rings" and "Harry Potter"), famous political and sporting nicknames (Butcher of Baghdad, Goldenballs), and - continuing the century-old Brewer's practice of recording unexpected and fascinating information not available in other general reference books - 'list entries' as diverse as misattributed quotations, first lines of novels, French/Spanish/German/Italian idioms and the 'etymologies' of rock group names. |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Cassell Reference |
| Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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