| Edition |
2nd ed. / by John Ayto & Ian Crofton. |
| Description |
1 online resource (7712 entries) : 1 image, digital files. |
| Contents |
A-Z. |
| Access |
Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| 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. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Note |
Description based on title page of print version. |
| Subject |
English language -- Terms and phrases.
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Literature -- Dictionaries.
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Mythology -- Dictionaries.
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Allusions.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Ayto, John.
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Crofton, Ian.
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Brewer's dictionary of modern phrase and fable. |
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Dictionary of modern phrase & fable. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 0550105646 9780550105646 (DLC) 2009510067 ix, 853 p. |
| ISBN |
9781849725934 (online) |
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9780550105646 (hbk.) |
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0304368091 (pbk.) |
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