E[benezer] Cobham Brewer (1895), “A”, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable [], new edition, London; Paris: Cassell and Company, OCLC 867351699.


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  • Volume I (pages 1–720; A–Labourer is Worthy of His Hire).
  • Volume II (pages 721–1440; Labourers–Zulfagar; bibliographical appendix).

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  • Result: E[benezer] Cobham Brewer (1895), “Knocked into a Cocked Hat”, in Dictionary of Phrase and Fable [], new edition, London; Paris: Cassell and Company, OCLC 867351699, page 716, column 2: “A cocked-hat, folded into a chapeau bras [bicorn], is crushed out of all shape.”