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Re: Know any good books giving the origins of turns of speech, slang, and so forth?
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Carolyn Kirkpatrick <[log in to unmask]>
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Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 22 Nov 1996 16:40:03 EST
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Michael:
 
> Can anyone recommend a good dictionary of slang -- preferably one that
> would give good information on origins of expressions?
 
Do you have Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable?  (Ivor H.
Evans, Harper & Row  14th ed. 1989)  Maybe everybody in the world
knows about this one, but I found it just lately.  And it's fun!
 
Carolyn Kirkpatrick

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