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The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases
Language: en
Pages: 357
Authors:
Categories: English language
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher:

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This book offers an intriguing and fun tour of common language and is ideal for armchair linguists as well as all film, television, and popular culture junkies.
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Language: en
Pages: 412
Authors: Eric Partridge
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003-09-02 - Publisher: Routledge

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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 philosop
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Quotations
Language: en
Pages: 1723
Authors: Susan Ratcliffe
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Provides coverage of literary and historical quotations. An easy-to-use keyword index traces quotations and their authors, while the appendix material, includin
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: J. A. Simpson
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1982 - Publisher: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York : Oxford University Press

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The dictionary gives explanations of the meanings and use of proverbs whenever these are obscure. By means of numerous illustrative quotations it also provides
The Oxford Dictionary of New Words
Language: en
Pages: 376
Authors: Elizabeth M. Knowles
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press

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A resource that is both useful and engaging, "The Oxford Dictionary of New Words" is the first place to turn for information when faced with new words and phras