The Oxford dictionary of allusions by Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, Penny Stock

The Oxford dictionary of allusions

Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, Penny Stock

465 pages first pub 2001 (view editions) user-added

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Allusions form a colourful extension to the English language, drawing on our collective knowledge of literature, mythology, and the Bible to give us a literary shorthand for describing people, places, and events. So a miser is a Scrooge, a strong ...

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