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The dictionary of modern proverbs
- Title
- The dictionary of modern proverbs / compiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro.
- Author
- Doyle, Charles Clay, 1943-
- Publication
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFE 14-5526 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
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- Description
- xiv, 294 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- A volume of English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, with information about the earliest datable appearance, origin, history, and meaning of each proverb.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294).
- Call Number
- JFE 14-5526
- ISBN
- 9780300136029 (alk. paper)
- 0300136021 (alk. paper)
- 9780300183351 (electronic bk.) (canceled/invalid)
- 0300183356 (electronic bk.) (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2011051982
- OCLC
- 759174383
- Author
- Doyle, Charles Clay, 1943-
- Title
- The dictionary of modern proverbs / compiled by Charles Clay Doyle, Wolfgang Mieder, and Fred R. Shapiro.
- Imprint
- New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-294).
- Added Author
- Mieder, Wolfgang.Shapiro, Fred R.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 14-5526