A Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Oxford Quick Reference)
Language: English
Published by Oxford University Press, 2003
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- Title
- A Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (Oxford Quick Reference)
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0192801252
- ISBN 13
- 9780192801258
This new reference work draws on Oxford's unrivaled bank of online language resources to provide a wealth of fascinating and informative background detail for over 10,000 phrases and allusions used in English today. Among this plenitude are entries on African Eve, Blair Babes, Custer's Last Stand, friend of Dorothy, ground zero, Oradour, Red Queen hypothesis, shoot the messenger, and Trojan horse.
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About the Author
Elizabeth Knowles has been Managing Editor of Oxford Quotations Dictionaries since 1993 and is a historical lexicographer, having previously worked for ten years on the New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary.
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