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050			_aR PE 1689 .H384 2004
100			_aHendrickson, Robert, _d-1933 _991174
245		4	_aThe Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins / _cRobert Hendrickson
260			_aNew York, N.Y. : _bFacts on File, _c2004
300			_aix, 822 p. _c29 cm.
520			_aFeatures 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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650			_aEnglish language _2sears _991175
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