'This is, in fact, not what you were looking for; but it's much more interesting.' Terry Pratchett Much loved for its wit and wisdom since 1870, Brewer's Dictio

"Dr Brewer's classic work of reference, fully revised and updated for the millennium, now available in paperback"

A 'museum of literary odds and ends', this classic work of 1870 elucidates the etymology of 20,000 words and phrases.

From the Bloomsbury Group to the Camberwell Carrot, Emperor Claudius to Ken Livingstone and Oranges and Lemons to apples and pears,Brewer's London Phrase & Fabl