The Penguin rhyming dictionary
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Author
Publication
1985 - Penguin, Harmondsworth, United Kingdom
Language
English
Word Count
132,500 words, Guess
Page Count
530 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Internet Archivepenguinrhymingdi00ferg
- ISBN-100140511369
- ISBN-139780140511369
- Goodreads1012679
- Open LibraryOL22427545M
Classifications
- DDC423/.1
- LCCPE1519
Description
Anyone who writes verse, whether lyric poet, songwriter or composer of limericks or jingles, will find *The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary* an indispensable reference companion. Clearly arranged and easy to use, it offers an astonishingly wide range of suggestions for rhyming words, from the common and everyday to the more difficult and obscure. Contains lists of rhymes for well over 40,000 words Distinguished between close rhymes and less exact ones Includes separate sections for one-, two- and three-syllable rhymes Offers lucid, concise explanations of unusual words Over 150,000 copies sold
Subjects
Series Statement
- Penguin reference
Other Editions
- The Penguin rhyming dictionary
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