Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable - Hardcover

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9780395616499: Brewer's Dictionary of Twentieth-Century Phrase and Fable

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ISBN 10: 0395616492 ISBN 13: 9780395616499

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1992

A guide to contemporary slogans, slang, acronyms, and allusions offers definitions, anecdotes, and histories of idioms and a treasury of information on the arts, literature, science, business, and popular culture.

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First published in 1870, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable was called by its originator a "Treasure of literary bric-a-brac" because of its wealth of definitions of puzzling terms likely to be met in wide reading. This new compilation, which has the same format, is confined to items dating from 1900 and is somewhat less literary, being laden with the stuff of the news--wars, politics, economics, science, and scandals. Those unfamiliar with such mental furniture as Lassie or snafu can turn here. The scope is so wide that almost anything may be included--which is both a plus and a minus. Its British focus renders it less than ideal as a key to American terms, but it serves the reader well in most areas. This dictionary contains 8000 terms, many more than comparable collections, but in crowded paragraphs and without an index, they are less accessible. For larger collections.
- William A. Donovan, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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