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This is a treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages and maxims commonly used in the USA and Canada. Based on oral as well as written sources, it covers uniquely North American proverbs as well as those hailing from classical, biblical, European and English literature.

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'This elaborate book is the fruit of nearly 50 years' work in the field. The book will help journalists desperate for an unusual gnomic peg and is good bedside browsing.' Philip Howard, Times Saturday REview

A Dictionary of American Proverbs

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    A Hardback by Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury, Kelsie B. Harder

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 19 March 1992
      ISBN-13 9780195053999
      978-0195053999
      ISBN-10 0195053990
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      Dictionaries Folklore studies / Study of myth

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This is a treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages and maxims commonly used in the USA and Canada. Based on oral as well as written sources, it covers uniquely North American proverbs as well as those hailing from classical, biblical, European and English literature.

      Trade Review

      'This elaborate book is the fruit of nearly 50 years' work in the field. The book will help journalists desperate for an unusual gnomic peg and is good bedside browsing.' Philip Howard, Times Saturday REview

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