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- catalog abstract "" ... this treasury of 'words that have a tale to tell' has established itself as one of the great reference classics -- the first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases, and proper names and a fund of fascinating, unusual and out-of-the-way information ... For the 16th edition of 'Brewer's' the entire existing text has been revised and updated and over 1000 new articles added. These include: recent expressions (the full monty, couch potato, hit the ground running, Montezuma's revenge); recent events and organizations (Black Wednesday, Taliban); famous nicknames (Fab Four); historical and fictional characters (Attila the Hun, Anne Frank). Brand-new articles on hurricane names, celebrated place-names in literature, and frequently mispronounced words continue the century-old 'Brewer's' practice of recording unexpected and fascinationg information that is not available in other general reference books." " ... Gives the meanings of a broad range of terms, expressions, and names of real, fictitious and mythical characters from world history, science, the arts and literature." NY Public Libr. Ref Books for Child Collect. 2d ed.".
- catalog alternative "Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable".
- catalog alternative "Dictionary of phrase and fable".
- catalog contributor b11785575.
- catalog contributor b11785576.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description "" ... this treasury of 'words that have a tale to tell' has established itself as one of the great reference classics -- the first port of call for tens of thousands of terms, phrases, and proper names and a fund of fascinating, unusual and out-of-the-way information ... For the 16th edition of 'Brewer's' the entire existing text has been revised and updated and over 1000 new articles added. These include: recent expressions (the full monty, couch potato, hit the ground running, Montezuma's revenge); recent events and organizations (Black Wednesday, Taliban); famous nicknames (Fab Four); historical and fictional characters (Attila the Hun, Anne Frank). Brand-new articles on hurricane names, celebrated place-names in literature, and frequently mispronounced words continue the century-old 'Brewer's' practice of recording unexpected and fascinationg information that is not available in other general reference books." " ... Gives the meanings of a broad range of terms, expressions, and names of real, fictitious and mythical characters from world history, science, the arts and literature." NY Public Libr. Ref Books for Child Collect. 2d ed.".
- catalog description "From the preface to the 1st edition of 1870 -- Preface to the millennium edition -- Guide to the use of the dictionary -- Dictionary.".
- catalog extent "xix, 1298 p. :".
- catalog identifier "006019653X".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : HarperResource,".
- catalog subject "803 21".
- catalog subject "Allusions.".
- catalog subject "English language Terms and phrases Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Terms and phrases.".
- catalog subject "Literature Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "Mythology Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "PN43 .B65 1999".
- catalog tableOfContents "From the preface to the 1st edition of 1870 -- Preface to the millennium edition -- Guide to the use of the dictionary -- Dictionary.".
- catalog title "Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable.".
- catalog title "Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable".
- catalog title "Dictionary of phrase and fable".
- catalog type "Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "Terms and phrases. fast".
- catalog type "text".