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020 _a0374312249 :
040 _aAEA
_cAEA
_dAEA
050 0 0 _aZ 103.3
_b.C294 1982
245 0 4 _aThe Cat's elbow and other secret languages
260 _aNew York :
_bFarrar Straus Giroux,
_c1982.
264 _aNew York :
_bFarrar Straus Giroux,
_c1982.
300 _a82 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm.
504 _aBibliography: p. 79-82.
520 _aPresents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.
650 0 _aCiphers
_98809
650 0 _aCryptography
_98810
700 1 _aSchwartz, Alvin,
_d1927-
_98811
700 1 _aZemach, Margot.
_98812
942 _2lcc
_cBK