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Eric Partridge
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases [EPUB ebook]
British and American, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

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A catch phrase is a well-known, frequently-used phrase or saying that has `caught on” or become popular over along period of time. It is often witty or philosophical and this Dictionary gathers together over 7, 000 such phrases.

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Format EPUB ● Pages 412 ● ISBN 9781134929986 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2003 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5297547 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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