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256 pages • first pub 1988 • 3 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780393321866
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Language: English
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A colorful compendium of everyday words and phrases and where they originated.The English language is a treasury of splendid mysteries, among them the many words and phrases whose origins we no longer know. Often the original meaning was literal, ...
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256 pages • 1988
ISBN/UID: 9780393321866
Format: Not specified
Language: English
Publisher: Not specified
Edition Pub Date: Not specified
Description
A colorful compendium of everyday words and phrases and where they originated.The English language is a treasury of splendid mysteries, among them the many words and phrases whose origins we no longer know. Often the original meaning was literal, ...