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This dictionary collects over 1500 wellerisms, a subgenre of the proverb consisting of a speech or statement (often a proverb), identification of the speaker, and identification of the situation. It represents the first published collection of all known English-language wellerisms.

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"A splendid idea and a first in the English language. All libraries will want a copy; all scholars concerned with the English language will find it of interest. There is no competitive volume."--Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley

A Dictionary of Wellerisms

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    A Hardback by Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury

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      Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 9/29/1994 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780195083187, 978-0195083187
      ISBN10: 0195083180
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This dictionary collects over 1500 wellerisms, a subgenre of the proverb consisting of a speech or statement (often a proverb), identification of the speaker, and identification of the situation. It represents the first published collection of all known English-language wellerisms.

      Trade Review
      "A splendid idea and a first in the English language. All libraries will want a copy; all scholars concerned with the English language will find it of interest. There is no competitive volume."--Alan Dundes, University of California, Berkeley

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