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Title Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable
Edition 2nd ed. / by John Ayto & Ian Crofton
Published London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2006

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Summary From the publishers of the perennially best-selling Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable comes a phrase and fable dictionary for the 21st century. With its unique blend of word and phrase etymology, cultural allusion and general knowledge, and its predilection for the esoteric and the unexpected, Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable offers a richly diverse and entertaining exploration of the linguistic and cultural landscape of the modern world. It runs the whole gamut of contemporary culture, from American Psycho to Dadaism and G and T to Lara Croft
Notes English
Subject English language -- Terms and phrases
Mythology -- Dictionaries.
Literature -- Dictionaries
Allusions.
allusion.
Allusions.
English language.
Literature.
Mythology.
English language -- Terms and phrases.
Literature -- Dictionaries.
Mythology -- Dictionaries.
Allusions.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Form Electronic book
Author Ayto, John
Crofton, Ian
ISBN 9780550105646
0550105646
0304368091
9780304368099
ABBREV TI Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase & fable
Other Titles Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase and fable
Dictionary of modern phrase & fable