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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

A Dictionary of American proverbs / Wolfgang Mieder, editor in chief;
Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, editors.

p. cm. Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-19-505399-0

ISBN 0-19-511133-8 (Pbk.)

I. Proverbs, American--Dictionaries. I. Mieder, Wolfgang.
II. Kingsbury, Stewart A. III. Harder, Klesie B.

PN6426.D53 1992

398.9′21′0973--dc20 91-15508

cloth 10 9 8 7

paper 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2

Printed in the United States of America
on acid-free paper

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