Dictionary Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0366568264 ISBN 13: 9780366568260

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Dictionary Phrase and Fable: Giving the Derivation, Source, or Origin of Common Phrases, Allusions, and Words That Have a Tale to Tell

Ladies' Plate (the), in races, is not a race for a prize subscribed for by ladies, but a race run for by women.

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Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0366568264
• ISBN 13: 9780366568260
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 732