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Thereby hangs a tale : stories of curious word origins
Title
Thereby hangs a tale : stories of curious word origins / Charles Earle Funk.
ISBN
006091260X
9780060912604
Edition
1st Harper colophon ed.
Published
New York : Harper & Row, 1985, ©1950.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Tells the stories of words in our common speech that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Series
Harper colophon books
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