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The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins / Robert Hendrickson

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Facts on File, 2004Description: ix, 822 p. 29 cmISBN:
  • 816048134
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • R PE 1689 .H384 2004
Summary: Features words and phrases derived from classical sources, a larger selection of up-to-date slang origins recording "the living language of the day", and a unique sample of interesting English words and phrases that originated in the 200 or some countries, other than the United States and Great Britain, where English is spoken as an official language.Ex.Backslider,Bantam,Barbie Doll,Blackout,Boys of the Bulldog Breed,Butter Up,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,Darn,Give Someone acold Desk,Hubbub,Knock Them in the Aisles,Midsummer Madness,Pelican in the Wilderness,Pyrrhic Victory,Sham,Stuffed Shirt,Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth.
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Reference Reference Aklatang Emilio Aguinaldo-Information Resource Center Reference PE 1689 .H384 2004 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 3AEA0000287622

Features words and phrases derived from classical sources, a larger selection of up-to-date slang origins recording "the living language of the day", and a unique sample of interesting English words and phrases that originated in the 200 or some countries, other than the United States and Great Britain, where English is spoken as an official language.Ex.Backslider,Bantam,Barbie Doll,Blackout,Boys of the Bulldog Breed,Butter Up,Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,Darn,Give Someone acold Desk,Hubbub,Knock Them in the Aisles,Midsummer Madness,Pelican in the Wilderness,Pyrrhic Victory,Sham,Stuffed Shirt,Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth.

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