All gong and no dinner : 1,001 homely phrases and curious domestic sayings
Rees, Nigel, 1944-2007
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A celebration and search for the origins of homely words, phrases and sayings. Nigel Rees has searched for the origins of hundreds of these conversation clippings which illustrate every aspect of domestic life, from phrases to describe our less respectable neighbours to the 'nannyisms' we heard as a child.
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London : Collins, 2007.
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414 p. ; 23 cm.
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Includes index.
ISBN:
9780007249350 (hbk)
Dewey class:
082423.1423.1
Local class:
LANGUAGE/ENGLISH/423
Language:
English
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BRN:
303118