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Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

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A good joke can lift the lowest spirits, enliven the dullest party, or be a welcome icebreaker at the start of a speech. But why is it so hard to find that key
The Penguin Dictionary of Jokes
Language: en
Pages: 0
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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A collection of gags, rib-ticklers and plain silly one-liners. Organised by subject matter (from Absence - via Insults - to Writers), it contains side-splitters
The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotations
Language: en
Pages: 373
Authors: Fred Metcalf
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Penguin Uk

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If you've ever thought, 'I wish I'd said that', The Penguin Dictionary of Modern Humorous Quotationswill ensure you're never short of a joke, quip or put-down a
Women Through Anti-Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 221
Authors: Anna T. Litovkina
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
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This book examines stereotypical traits of women as they are reflected in Anglo-American anti-proverbs, also known as proverb transformations, deliberate prover
Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages
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This book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on well-known proverbs. Proverbs are by no means