Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-242) and index.
Contents:
Early scholarship on the phrase (1851-1978) -- From Aristophanes to Erasmus of Rotterdam -- The expression in dictionaries of quotations -- The phrase in proverb and idiom collections -- Spade = shovel, eunuch, card, and "black" -- Literary texts from the 16th to the 20th century -- Scholarly use of the proverbial expression -- Use of the phrase in the mass media -- Innocuous proverbial phrase or racial slur? -- The phrase in advertisements and cartoons -- Four demographic studies of the expression.
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