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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
xii, 303 pages ; 21 cm.
Notes
Includes index.
Summary
Tells the stories of words in our common speech that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Series
Harper colophon books
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