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160 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781596916531
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Edition Pub Date: 27 October 2009
Description
An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures better known as words than people. Eponymous, adj. Giving one's name to a person, place, or thing. The...
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160 pages • first pub 2009 (view editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781596916531
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Edition Pub Date: 27 October 2009
Description
An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures better known as words than people. Eponymous, adj. Giving one's name to a person, place, or thing. The...