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Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words
Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words
Author: Charles Earle Funk
This books tells the story behind hundreds of words in our language which have acquired their meanings in unusual ways. The circumstances which brought them into our common speech make fascinating reading.
ISBN: 206372
Publication Date: 1958
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Harper & Row
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Entertaining take on how words got their start in the Engllish vernacular - descriptive, funny, and I got a feeling now and then of "Oh, wow! That's how come this statement or group of words came about!"
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History of some English common words and phrases. Word-lovers will treasure this book!


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