Author : John Ayto
Publisher : Chambers Harrap Pub Limited
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2010-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780550105646
Completely updated for the twenty-first century, this reference presents definitions and origins of thousands of words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, nicknames, and events from TV, literature, music, comic strips, and computer games.
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Page : pages
File Size : 18,90 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic book
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Author : E. Cobham Brewer
Publisher : Orion
Page : 1521 pages
File Size : 46,97 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Allusions
ISBN : 9780304368006
Long established as the ultimate reference for anyone with an interest in the English language, Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable features tens of thousands of encyclopedic entries examining the origins and significance of popular words, phrases, allusions and cultural references. Its delightfully diverse content includes cultural, historical and mythological references, beliefs and customs, proper names, literary characters, idioms and slang. First published in 1870 and now in its 17th edition, this ever-popular collection has moved with the times to include such up-to-date material as Beckingham Palace, Hogwarts and bling alongside wonderful stories from past and present.
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher :
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 12,87 MB
Release : 1988
Category : Nature
ISBN :
An etymological survey of astronomical names, including the better known stars, the constellations, the planets, and their satellites, and features on celestial bodies, such as craters on the moon. The author is a linquist, not an astronomer, and the book is for the generalist. No pronunciation. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Author : Adrian Room
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780304353811
From “American Express” to “American Psycho”, the “Zapata moustache” to the “Zinoviev letter”, take an up-to-date look at the diverse and entertaining linguistic landscape of our culture. Here, deftly defined and intriguingly displayed, are thousands of words, phrases, slogans, names, events, and titles of songs, books, films, and TV programs that resonate with English-speaking people everywhere. “Peerless...Brewer’s has kept ahead of the game by compiling this marvelous compendium....It has captured the flavor of the past 100 years.”—The Times
Author : John Ayto
Publisher :
Page : 853 pages
File Size : 35,48 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Allusions
ISBN : 9780199916108
Focusing on the 20th and 21st centuries, it has thousands of contemporary words and phrases and a wide selection of entries on the cultural preoccupations of our times, including a selection of buzzwords, catchphrases, slang, nicknames, fictional characters and intriguing cultural phenomena from pop culture to politics, literature to technology, encompassing everything from the Battle of Britain to the Brazilian wax, McCarthyism to McDonald's and Waiting for Godot to Wallace and Gromit.
Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher :
Page : 1470 pages
File Size : 19,4 MB
Release : 1895
Category : Allusions
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Author : Ivor H. Evans
Publisher : Burns & Oates
Page : 1252 pages
File Size : 48,29 MB
Release : 1990
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9780304340040
Author : Ian Crofton
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 37,44 MB
Release : 2000
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Author : Ebenezer Cobham Brewer
Publisher :
Page : 1175 pages
File Size : 30,47 MB
Release : 1977
Category : Allusions
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