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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable / Revised by Adrian Room.
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable / Revised by Adrian Room.
-- Dictionary of phrase & fable.
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Nowhere else could the histories of the guillotine and Guinness stout sit so comfortably alongside the KGB and the Keystone Kops. Brewer's is a catalogue of curiosities and absurdities that, over almost 150 years in print, has acquired near-mythical status.
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Title
Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable / Revised by Adrian Room. -- Dictionary of phrase & fable.
Edition
16th ed. / revised by Adrian Room.
Authors
Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham, 1810-1897
Room, Adrian
Subjects
Literature--Dictionaries.
Mythology--Dictionaries.
Allusions.
Language
English
Published
New York : HarperResource, ©1999.
Publication Desc
xix, 1298 p. : ill. ;
Dimensions
24 cm.