Words & Etymology
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Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Perennial Library) [414469]
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Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words [412609]
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A Hog on Ice (Harper Colophon Books) [412499]
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The Ultimate Book of Words You Should Know [384947]
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Bring Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak [382846]
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Xenia: A Hoard of Lost Words, Eighteenth-Century Street Lingo, and a Few Completely Confabulated Terms Collected and Exemplified [382163]
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The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker [351952]
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The Language Wars: A History of Proper English [348644]
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So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off [346539]
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Heavens to Betsy!: and Other Curious Sayings [343399]
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Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Harper Colophon Books) [343306]
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101 Two-Letter Words [337454]
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6,000 Soundalikes, Look-Alikes, and Other Words Often Confused [335303]
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Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases [334396]
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The Pun Also Rises: How the Humble Pun Revolutionized Language, Changed History, and Made Wordplay More Than Some Antics [318604]
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Poplollies & Bellibones: A Celebration of Lost Words Along with Tenderfeet and Ladyfingers: A Compendium of Body Language [313167]
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The Story of English [309692]
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The World In a Phrase: a Brief History of the Aphorism [304159]
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The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories [300246]
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Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live Without [288307]
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