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A dictionary of catch phrases: British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day - Hardcover
A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on' or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7,000 such phrases.
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'This is an entertaining work, rich in scatalogical and other forms of insult; it contains much material from the two world wars and the field of popular entertainment ... but maintains a fair degree of scholarly detachment'. - The Year's Work in English Studies
`A delightful dictionary to browse through.' - Sunday Times
`This dictionary can be read for the sheer fun of it - I read it on a rainy holiday and laughed constantly - but it is a useful book as well ... and like Mr. Partridge's dictionaries of slang ... will be indispensable.' - Paul Theroux
`This is for dipping, pottering and looking things up ... Much marvellous stuff here. I look forward to continuous pleasure.' - Punch
`A delightful dictionary to browse through.' - Sunday Times
`This dictionary can be read for the sheer fun of it - I read it on a rainy holiday and laughed constantly - but it is a useful book as well ... and like Mr. Partridge's dictionaries of slang ... will be indispensable.' - Paul Theroux
`This is for dipping, pottering and looking things up ... Much marvellous stuff here. I look forward to continuous pleasure.' - Punch
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- PublisherRoutledge and Kegan Paul
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0710085370
- ISBN 13 9780710085375
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages278
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Book Description First Edition. Very good cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Minor library marks remain. Physical description; xv, 278p. ; 25cm. Subjects; English language Terms and phrases. English language Slang Dictionaries. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 271758
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A Dictionary Of Catch Phrases - British And American, From The Sixteenth Century To The Present Day
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Book Description Condition: Very Good. 2nd impression. Cloth, dj, F/VG. xvi+278pp, spine of dustjacket rather sunned, otherwise a fine copy. A - Z listing of the famous & not so famous catch phrases & epithets with details of the origin & first uses of the saying. From 'a d'autres!' to 'Zed is a whoreson letter'. 900 grams. Seller Inventory # 23986
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