“THE WORD [AND PHRASE] DETECTIVE” A PROVERBIAL TRIBUTE TO OED EDITOR JOHN A. SIMPSON

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Wolfgang Mieder

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Mieder, W. “‘THE WORD [AND PHRASE] DETECTIVE’: A PROVERBIAL TRIBUTE TO OED EDITOR JOHN A. SIMPSON”. Proverbium - Yearbook, vol. 35, no. 1, Aug. 2018, pp. 223-262, https://naklada.ffos.hr/casopisi/index.php/proverbium/article/view/821.

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