Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

The Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

Giving the Derivations, Source, or Origin or Common Phrases, Allusions and Words that have a Tale to Tell

By the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D.

1894

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Nearby:

• The Nuttall Encyclopaedia (1907)
• 1811 Dictionary of UK Slang, originally by Captain Francis Grose
• 1736 Dictionary of Thieving Slang
• Musa Pedestris: Three Centuries of Canting Songs and Slang Rhymes [1536–1896]
• 1726 Universal Etymological Dictionary (extracts)