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constructions now
called "
Wellerisms" has
inspired plays; sometimes, the
playwrights have
created even more
Wellerisms. A type of
Wellerism called a Tom Swifty...
- grammar,
etymology and
usage "Definition of
WELLERISM". www.merriam-webster.com.
Examples of
Wellerisms, The
Charles ****ens Page "Laura
Joyce Bell Dead"...
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punning way. "Hurry up and get to the back of the ship", Tom said sternly.
Wellerisms Using linguistic fossils and set phrases. Example: "We'll have to rehe****...
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vapidly factual. The
character that made ****ens famous, Sam
Weller became known for his
Wellerisms—one-liners that turn
proverbs on
their heads. Many were...
- was "A Book of Tom Swifties". Lundin,
Leigh (2011-11-20). "Wellerness".
Wellerisms and Tom Swifties. Orlando: SleuthSayers.
Archived from the
original on...
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Weller – a
former bootblack and Mr Pickwick's valet, a
source of
idiosyncratic proverbs and
advice that
would become universally known as '
Wellerisms...
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Journal of
International Proverb Studies. Proverbs, Quotations, Sayings,
Wellerisms".
Archived from the
original on 2010-02-12.
Retrieved 2009-12-13. theatrecrafts...
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Daniel Kliemt,
Laurel Morgan,
Stephen Nelson,
Elaine Marie Scherrer.
Wellerism proverbs:
Mapping their distribution. [GIALens 2017
Volume 11, No. 3....
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distinguished from
other types of
proverbial speech, e.g.
proverbial phrases,
Wellerisms, maxims, quotations, and
proverbial comparisons."
Based on
Persian proverbs...
- Surprise,
Chapter 7).
Related to proverbs,
Aubrey tells Maturin a
clever Wellerism, "'It's not a fit
night out for man or beast,' as the
centaur observed...
