Call a spade a spade (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Call a spade a spade" in English language version.

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Merriam-Webster (2003). "Spade; To call a spade a spade". Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary (11th ed.). Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster. ISBN 0877798079. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015.

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Dickens, Charles (1854). Hard Times. London: Bradbury & Evans. p. 39. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.
Browning, Robert (1875). Aristophanes' Apology: Including a Transcript from Euripides Being The Last Adventure of Balaustion, Numéro 820. London: Smith, Elder, & Co. p. 25. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.
Michaelis, Henriette [in Portuguese] (1893). A New Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. p. 108. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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Gowland, Angus (2001). "Rhetorical Structure and Function in The Anatomy of Melancholy". Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric. 19 (1): 1–48. doi:10.1525/rh.2001.19.1.1. S2CID 16194889.

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"etymologiebank.nl". etymologiebank.nl.

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The Importance of Being Earnest: A Trivial Comedy for Serious People at Project Gutenberg

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"Idioms translated across languages and countries". Idiomatically. Retrieved 2022-06-18.

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""boi"". Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese). Porto Editora. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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"Appeler un chat un chat". LawlessFrench.com. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 17 April 2021.

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Brewer, Ebenezer Cobham (1913). "Spade; To call a spade a spade". Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. New York, NY: Harper & Brothers. p. 853. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015.
Gandhi, Lakshmi (23 Sep 2013). "Code Switch: Is It Racist To 'Call A Spade A Spade'?". NPR. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015.

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Martin, Gary (11 December 2023). "'Call a spade a spade' - the meaning and origin of this phrase". Phrasefinder.

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desiderius erasmus roterodamus: erasmus van rotterdam, Rotterdam.nl Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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Gowland, Angus (2001). "Rhetorical Structure and Function in The Anatomy of Melancholy". Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric. 19 (1): 1–48. doi:10.1525/rh.2001.19.1.1. S2CID 16194889.

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McGraw-Hill (2002). "Spade; To call a spade a spade". In Spears, Richard (ed.). McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. New York: McGraw Hill Professional. ISBN 0071435786. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015.
Cambridge University Press (2006). "Spade; To call a spade a spade". Cambridge Idioms Dictionary (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 3125335973. Retrieved 29 Oct 2015.

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τῶν δὲ περὶ Λασθένην τὸν Ὀλύνθιον ἐγκαλούντων καὶ ἀγανακτούντων, ὅτι προδότας αὐτοὺς ἔνιοι τῶν περὶ τὸν Φίλιππον ἀποκαλοῦσι, σκαιοὺς ἔφη φύσει καὶ ἀγροίκους εἶναι Μακεδόνας καὶ τὴν σκάφην σκάφην λέγοντας., "When the men associated with Lasthenes, the Olynthian, complained with indignation because some of Philip's associates called them traitors, he said that the Macedonians are by nature a rough and rustic people who call a spade a spade.", Plutarch, Regum et imperatorum apophthegmata, 26.15
"Greek Word Study Tool". www.perseus.tufts.edu.
"Lucian, Quomodo historia conscribenda sit, chapter 41". www.perseus.tufts.edu.

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Gowland, Angus (2001). "Rhetorical Structure and Function in The Anatomy of Melancholy". Rhetorica: A Journal of the History of Rhetoric. 19 (1): 1–48. doi:10.1525/rh.2001.19.1.1. S2CID 16194889.

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Emerson, Ralph Waldo. "Essays: First Series [1841]—Prudence". American Transcendentalism Web. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.

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desiderius erasmus roterodamus: erasmus van rotterdam, Rotterdam.nl Archived 7 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine

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Michaelis, Henriette [in Portuguese] (1893). A New Dictionary of the Portuguese and English Languages. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. p. 108. Retrieved 1 May 2023.

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Swift, Jonathan (1801). "Polite Conversation: Dialogue III". In Thomas Sheridan; John Nichols (eds.). The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, Volume VIII. London: Nichols & Son. p. 365. Retrieved 17 Apr 2021.

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Wilton, Dave (9 Apr 2006). "call a spade a spade". Word Origins. Retrieved 1 Jun 2016. We did not think it hypocritical to draw over our vagaries the curtain of a decent silence. The spade was not invariably called a bloody shovel.