To coin a phrase
a dictionary of origins
by Edwin Radford and Alan Smith
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This book was the original conception of Edwin Radford, who, among other activities as an author and journalist, found time to edit for some years the 'Live Letters' feature column of the Daily Mirror. During that time he received thousands of letters asking "Why do we say it?" and spent many hours in research to find the fascinating answer. This book was the result of his studies, a unique analysis of the language we speak rather than the language of books - what people really say and the reasons why. Now enjoying his active retirement too much to devote the time to the revision necessary since the years of its first publication, he has entrusted the task to a colleague, Alan Smith.
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To coin a phrase: a dictionary of origins.
1989, Papermac
in English
- New ed / Edwin Radford and Alan Smith.
0333499468 9780333499467
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To Coin a Phrase (Papermacs)
August 1981, Papermac
Paperback
- New Ed edition
0333316436 9780333316436
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To coin a phrase: a dictionary of origins
1981, Macmillan
in English
- Rev. ed.
0333316436 9780333316436
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To coin a phrase: a dictionary of origins
1974, Arrow Books
in English
- Arrow ed. / edited and revised by Alan Smith.
0099091801 9780099091806
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To coin a phrase: a dictionary of origins.
1973, Hutchinson
in English
- Revised ed.; edited and revised by Alan Smith.
009112560X 9780091125608
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First published in 1945 under title: Crowther's encyclopaedia of phrases and origins.
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