Brewer's Dictionary of phrase and fable

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Ivor H. Evans

Harper & Row, 1970 - Literary Criticism - 1175 pages

A reference work which provides the source, meaning, and derivation of unusual phrases and allusions.

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The first edition of this dictionary was published in 1870; the 15th in 1995. The 16th edition contains 1000 new entries, including paparazzi, full monty, couch potato, and millennium bug. It ...

Contents

• Section 1: 1
• Section 2: 280
• Section 3: 1111
• Section 4: 1180

Bibliographic information

• Title: Brewer's Dictionary of phrase and fable; Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
• Authors: Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Ivor H. Evans
• Editor: Ivor H. Evans
• Publisher: Harper & Row, 1970
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Jul 4, 2007
• Length: 1175 pages
• Subjects: Allusions; Allusions in literature; Allusions in literature - Dictionaries; English language; English language - Terms and phrases; Literary Criticism / General; Literary Criticism / Reference; Literature; Literature - Dictionaries; Mythology; Mythology - Dictionaries; Reference / Dictionaries; Reference / Word Lists; Social Science / Folklore & Mythology