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Brewer's Concise Dictionary of Phrase and Fableby Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0091779634 (0-09-177963-4)
Softcover, Helicon Publishing, Limited
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Brewers Concise Dictionary of Phraseby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304357251 (0-304-35725-1)
Hardcover, Cassell P L C
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The Cassell Paperback English Dictionaryby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304340030 (0-304-34003-0)
Softcover, Cassell
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The Cassell Concise Englishby Betty Kirkpatrick , E. M. KirkpatrickISBN 0304340677 (0-304-34067-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Cassell Crossword Dictionaryby Betty Kirkpatrick , GrossetISBN 030434785X (0-304-34785-X)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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The Cassell Encyclopaedia Dictionaryby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304340278 (0-304-34027-8)
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Cassell Giant Paperback Dictionaryby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304342882 (0-304-34288-2)
Softcover, Cassell
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The Cassell Pocket English Dictionaryby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304340006 (0-304-34000-6)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Cassell Student English Dictionaryby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304342904 (0-304-34290-4)
Hardcover, Cassell
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Cassells Thesaurusby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0304357332 (0-304-35733-2)
Hardcover, Cassell P L C
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cassells Thesaurus'Book summary:Cassell's Thesaurus is now available in a new compact value format. It lists over 300,000 synonyms and antonyms in a user-friendly A-Z arrangement, giving brief definitions and generous labelling to to enable the user to pinpoint exact shades of meaning and correct usage. Part of Cassell's new range of attractively produced and competitively priced family reference titles, Cassell's Thesaurus will prove invaluable to writers of English, as well as to advanced learners who are seeking to improve their mastery of the complexities of the English vocabulary. [via]
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Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explainedby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0312198442 (0-312-19844-2)
Softcover, Griffin
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained'Book summary:The cliché is " ... the bad guy of the English language. Furthermore it is the worst kind of bad guy--the bad guy that used to be a good guy before it suffered a fall from grace or, in the case of the cliché, a fall from freshness." Was this always so? Is originality of usage a classic value or a more recent one? In an exhaustive, 10-page introduction to Clichés: Over 1,500 Phrases Explored and Explained, lexicographer Betty Kirkpatrick presents a fascinating history of the classification of this linguistic category as well as of various aspects of language, illustrating its elasticity and ongoing evolution.
For the literal thinker, it may be satisfying to know that the word cliché comes from the French clicer, meaning "to stereotype" (a printing term), but a succinct and consensual definition? No can do. Clichés are, Kirkpatrick contends, "impossible to pigeonhole."
Designating such categories as quotations and misquotations, euphemistic clichés, catchphrases, vogue expressions, or buzzwords, Kirkpatrick has assembled 207 pages of commentary on the subject. For all of the wrath and ridicule expended on it, the cliché, to coin a phrase, is as old as the hills.
Look up as old as the hills in Betty Kirkpatrick's Clichés and you'll find the phrase, its history, and examples of its usage. You'll want to keep this entertaining dictionary in your reference library for when your dinner guest asks, "What is the shape of things to come?" You'll be able to provide two thought-provoking answers, the first of which will come from your copy of Clichés; the second may come from your tarot. [via]
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- Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained: ISBN 0747514488 (0-7475-1448-8)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc - Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained: ISBN 0312154941 (0-312-15494-1)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press - Cliches: Over 1500 Phrases Explored and Explained: ISBN 0312198442 (0-312-19844-2)
Softcover, Griffin
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Dictionary of Clichesby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0747520305 (0-7475-2030-5)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Everyday American English Dictionary: A Basic Dictionary for English Language Learningby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0658010085 (0-658-01008-5)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill
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Roget's Thesaurusby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0140277366 (0-14-027736-6)
Hardcover, Penguin Uk
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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrasesby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 014051399X (0-14-051399-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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Usual Suspects and Other Clichesby Betty KirkpatrickISBN 0713674962 (0-7136-7496-2)
Softcover, A & C Black
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