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Genre | : English drama (Comedy) |
Author | : John Oxenford |
Publisher | : |
Release | : 1871 |
File | : 52 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : HARVARD:32044086864907 |
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Genre | : English drama (Comedy) |
Author | : John Oxenford |
Publisher | : |
Release | : 1871 |
File | : 52 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : HARVARD:32044086864907 |
Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is the most comprehensive survey of this area of the English language ever undertaken. Taking over 6000 phrases, it explains their meaning, explores their development and gives citations that range from the Venerable Bede to Will Self. Crisply and wittily written, the book is packed with memorable and surprising detail, whether showing that 'salad days' comes from Antony and Cleopatra, that 'flavour of the month' originates in 1940s American ice cream marketing, or even that we’ve been 'calling a spade a spade' since the sixteenth century. Allen’s Dictionary of English Phrases is part of the Penguin Reference Library and draws on over 70 years of experience in bringing reliable, useful and clear information to millions of readers around the world – making knowledge everybody’s property.
Genre | : Reference |
Author | : Robert Allen |
Publisher | : Penguin UK |
Release | : 2008-08-07 |
File | : 832 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : 9780141917689 |
The compiler of this dictionary of word and phrase origins and history was not only a linguist and a philologist but also a man of culture and wit. When he turned his attention, therefore, to the creation of an etymological dictionary for both specialists and non-specialists, the result was easily the finest such work ever prepared. Weekley's Dictionary is a work of thorough scholarship. It contains one of the largest lists of words and phrases to be found in any singly etymological dictionary — and considerably more material than in the standard concise edition, with fuller quotes and historical discussions. Included are most of the more common words used in English as well as slang, archaic words, such formulas as "I. O. U.," made-up words (such as Carroll's "Jabberwock"), words coined from proper nouns, and so on. In each case, roots in Anglo-Saxon, Old Norse, Greek or Latin, Old and modern French, Anglo-Indian, etc., are identified; in hundreds of cases, especially odd or amusing listings, earliest known usage is mentioned and sense is indicated in quotations from Dickens, Shakespeare, Chaucer, "Piers Plowman," Defoe, O. Henry, Spenser, Byron, Kipling, and so on, and from contemporary newspapers, translations of the Bible, and dozens of foreign-language authors.
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
Author | : Ernest Weekley |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Release | : 2012-07-18 |
File | : 445 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : 9780486122861 |
Offers entries for over six thousand idioms, including seven hundred new to this edition, and provides background information, additional cross-references, and national variants.
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
Author | : John Ayto |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Release | : 2010-07-08 |
File | : 419 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : 9780199543786 |
This fascinating collection of traditional metaphors and figures of speech, groups expressions according to theme. The second edition includes over 1,500 new entries, more information on first known usages, a new introduction and two expanded indexes. It will appeal to those interested in cultural history and the English language.
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
Author | : P.R. Wilkinson |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Release | : 2003-09-02 |
File | : 2991 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : 9781134474141 |
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Release | : 1866 |
File | : 844 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : UIUC:30112110961528 |
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Publisher | : |
Release | : 1857 |
File | : 676 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : UOMDLP:aje2237:0001.001 |
Genre | : English language |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Release | : 1920 |
File | : 3052 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : MINN:31951D01592088G |
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Author | : Eliakim Littell |
Publisher | : |
Release | : 1889 |
File | : 844 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : IND:32000000693962 |
Genre | : Competition, Unfair |
Author | : United States. Federal Trade Commission |
Publisher | : |
Release | : 1963 |
File | : 1608 Pages |
ISBN-13 | : UIUC:30112043040770 |