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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable.
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham 1810-1897
Call number:
Ref 803 Brew
Publisher:
New York : Harper & Row, 1981.
ISBN:
0060149035 :
Edition:
Rev. ed. / by Ivor H. Evans.
Phys. Desc.:
xvi, 1,213 p. ; 23 cm.
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Prince Rupert Library
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Puns, allusions, and other word secrets
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Fandel, Jennifer.
Call number:
J 808.1 FAN
Publisher:
Mankato, Minn. : Creative Education, c2006.
ISBN:
1583413413
Edition:
1st ed.
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48 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 29 cm.
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Nelson Public Library
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable
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Room, Adrian.
Call number:
803 BRE
Publisher:
New York : HarperResource, c1999.
ISBN:
006019653X :
Edition:
16th ed.
Phys. Desc.:
xix, 1,298 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
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100 Mile House Branch
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803 BRE
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable.
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham 1810-1897
Call number:
REF 803 BRE
Publisher:
New York : Harper Perennial, 1991.
ISBN:
9780062720221
Edition:
14th ed. / by Ivor H. Evans.
Phys. Desc.:
xxi, 1,220 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable.
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham 1810-1897
Call number:
REF 803 BRE
Publisher:
London : Cassell, 1970.
ISBN:
9780304935703
Edition:
Centenary ed. (completely revised); revised by Ivor H. Evans.
Phys. Desc.:
xvi, 1,175 p., plate. : port ; 22 cm.
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Rossland Public Library
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham 1810-1897
Call number:
803 BRE REF
Publisher:
New York : Harper & Row, [c1970]
ISBN:
9780060104665
Edition:
Centenary ed.
Phys. Desc.:
xvi, 1,175 p. : port ; 22 cm.
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Granisle Public Library
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Call Number
803 BRE REF
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R 803 Bre
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The Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable
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Call number:
032 OXF
Publisher:
Oxford, [England] : Oxford University Press, 2000.
ISBN:
9780198602194 :
Phys. Desc.:
vii, 1,223 p. ; 25 cm.
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The concise Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable
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Call number:
803 CONC
Publisher:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2003.
ISBN:
9780192801258 (pbk.) :
Phys. Desc.:
598 p. ; 20 cm.
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Sechelt Public Library
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803 CONC
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable.
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Ayto, John.
Call number:
423.1 Bre
Publisher:
London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
ISBN:
9780304357833
Edition:
17th ed. / revised by John Ayto.
Phys. Desc.:
xxvii, 1,523 p. : ill ; 24 cm.
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Burns Lake Public Library
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423.1 Bre
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REF 803 BRE
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Greenwood Public Library
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803 AYT
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REF 803 AYT
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Brewer's dictionary of phrase & fable
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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham 1810-1897
Call number:
423 BRE
Publisher:
[London] : Brewer's, an imprint of Chambers Publishing Limited, 2018.
ISBN:
9781473676367
Edition:
20th edition.
Phys. Desc.:
1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 26 cm
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