Verbivore's Feast: Second Course : More Word & Phrase Origins

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Farcountry Press, 2006 - Language Arts & Disciplines - 352 pages
In words ranging from lollygag to quack, and phrases ranging from break a leg to shake a stick and from adam's apple to trip the light fantastic, Chrysti the Wordsmith digs behind the colorful language to uncover fascinating stories about the history of language itself.

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TitleVerbivore's Feast: Second Course : More Word & Phrase Origins
AuthorChrysti M. Smith
PublisherFarcountry Press, 2006
ISBN1560374020, 9781560374022
Length352 pages
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Language Arts & Disciplines / Grammar & Punctuation
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / General
Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Syntax
Reference / Word Lists
  
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