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AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS
AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS
Author: JONATHAN NORTON
DID YOU KNOW THAT THE EXPRESSION "BACK TO SQUARE ONE" IS THOUGHT TO COME FROM THE CHILDREN'S GAME OF HOPSCOTCH? OR THAT SOME EXPERTS DATE THE PHRASE "TO PASS THE BUCK" BACK TO THE 17TH CENTURY WHEN WEAPONS - INCLUDING BUCK KNIVES - WERE OFTEN WAGED DURING POKER GAMES? — IN JONATHAN NORTON'S AMERICAN EXPRESSIONS, YOU'LL DISCOVER THE UNUSUAL MEANIN...  more »
ISBN: 123734
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 127
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Publisher: SANTA MONICA PRESS
Book Type: Paperback
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