Download or read book Dictionary of Phrase and Fable written by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-20 with total page 993 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A 'museum of literary odds and ends', this classic work of 1870 elucidates the etymology of 20,000 words and phrases.