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" The dictionary of modern proverbs / "
compiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro.
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BL
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875615
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Doyle, Charles Clay,1943-
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The dictionary of modern proverbs /\ compiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro.
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New Haven :: Yale University Press,, ©2012.
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1 online resource (xiv, 294 pages)
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0300183356
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: 661360075X
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: 9786613600752
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0300136021
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1280571152
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9780300136029
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9781280571152
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- How to Read the Entries -- PROVERBS -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Appendix: Some No Longer “Modern� Proverbs -- Works Cited
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A volume of English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb.
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Proverbs, American.
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Proverbs, English.
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LANGUAGE ARTS DISCIPLINES-- Reference.
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Proverbs, American.
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Proverbs, English.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Folklore Mythology.
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| Dewey Classification
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398.9/2103
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PN6421.D69 2012eb
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Mieder, Wolfgang.
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Shapiro, Fred R.
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