Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase
& Fable, 2nd edition

By Ian Crofton & John Ayoto
November 2006
Chambers Harrap
Distributed By Trans-Atlantic Publications
ISBN: 9780550105646
853 pages
$87.50 Hardcover

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Focusing on the English of the 20th and 21st centuries, this impressive volume examines the linguistic and cultural significance of over 7,500 popular words and phrases. Its highly browsable encyclopedic entries cover topics as diverse as catchphrases, buzzwords, characters from film, TV and literature, slogans, idioms and modern cultural references. From Harry Potter to Posh and Becks, Chelsea tractors to 'cheap as chips', Brewer's Modern Phrase and Fable defines the world we live in.

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