Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

by Adrian Room (Editor)

Synopsis

Includes more than 7500 words, idioms, catchphrases, slogans, names, nicknames, 'named' events and book, film and TV-programme titles - all defined and fully explained Includes definitions and etymologies of new words and phrases, including the language of computer technology Blends scholarly authority with a generous helping of sheer serendipitous fun

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 832
Edition: 17th ed.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 02 Nov 2000

ISBN 10: 0304353817
ISBN 13: 9780304353811

Author Bio
Adrian Room is an established writer of reference books, mainly on the origins of words and names. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and a member of the English Place-Name Society and American Name Society. He was Senior Lecturer in Russian with the Ministry of Defence until 1984, when he took up full-time writing.