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Loose cannons & red herrings: a book of lost metaphors /

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Main Author:	Claiborne, Robert
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Norton, 1988.
Subjects:	English language > Etymology > Dictionaries. Metaphor > Dictionaries. English language > Terms and phrases.
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