Title Oxford dictionary of English proverbs

Edition Third edition / revised by F.P. Wilson Published Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1970

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MELB REF	398.3203 Odo/Epr 1970		LIB USE ONLY
MELB	398.3203 Odo/Epr 1970		AVAILABLE

Description xix, 930 pages ; 24 cm Summary A collection of proverbs followed by quotations illustrating the various forms the proverb has taken from its first recorded use until the present Notes First and second editions by W.G. Smith Credits Originally compiled by W.G. Smith Notes Also issued online Issuing Body Earlier eds. compiled by W.G. Smith Introd. by Joanna Wilson Subject Proverbs. Proverbs, English -- Dictionaries. Proverbs, English. Genre/Form Sayings. Dictionaries. Author Smith, William, 1813-1893. Oxford dictionary of English proverbs Wilson, F. P. (Frank Percy), 1889-1963. LC no. dup75018203 ISBN 0198691181 9780198691181 (hardcover)

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