A dictionary of English phrases
Subtitle: phraseological allusions, catchwords, stereotyped modes of speech and metaphors, nicknames, sobriquets, derivations from personal names, etc., with explanations and thousands of exact references to their sources or early usage.
Publisher: Gale Research Co.
Published: 1970
Place of publication: Detroit
Language: eng
Number of pages: 365
Subjects: English language -- Terms and phrases; English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries
Notes: Bibliography: p. xiii-xiv.
Facsimile reproduction of the ed. published in New York by E. P. Dutton in 1922.