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The Concise Oxford dictionary of proverbs

by J. A. Simpson, Jennifer Speake

1998 333 pages eng

English Proverbs Proverbs

Now reissued and updated, this reference provides the reader with over 1000 of the best-known English proverbs from around the world. For this third edition, the explanatory material has been expanded and new proverbs added. In addition to a history of each proverb, the thematic index aids use.

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