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Words & Etymology

Words & Etymology

  • Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language front cover by Richard Lederer, ISBN: 0671689061

    Crazy English: The Ultimate Joy Ride Through Our Language [454076]

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  • Adventures of a Verbivore front cover by Richard Lederer, ISBN: 0671709410

    Adventures of a Verbivore [454075]

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  • Bride of Anguished English: A Bonus of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos front cover by Richard Lederer, ISBN: 031226223X

    Bride of Anguished English: A Bonus of Bloopers, Blunders, Botches, and Boo-Boos [454074]

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  • British English A to ZEd front cover by NORMAN W. SCHUR, EUGENE H. EHRLICH, ISBN: 081604239X

    British English A to ZEd [446795]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. Cover image may be sourced as stock images from OpenLibrary.org and may not represent the actual item or cover art...
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  • The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language front cover by Mark Forsyth, ISBN: 0425260798

    The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language [442049]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Good condition. Light wear to cover, slightly bumped corners, pages clean and unmarked. Edges of page have light brown discoloration (tanning), but does not affect readability. Remainder mark across the barcode...
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  • Words from the White House: Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America's Presidents front cover by Paul Dickson, ISBN: 0802743803

    Words from the White House: Words and Phrases Coined or Popularized by America's Presidents [442009]

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  • Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers front cover by Paul Dickson, ISBN: 1620405407

    Authorisms: Words Wrought by Writers [442008]

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  • Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of More Than 8,000 English-Language Words front cover by John Ayto, ISBN: 1611450535

    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) front cover by Charles E. Funk, ISBN: 0060912596

    A Hog on Ice (Harper Colophon Books) [412499]

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  • The Ultimate Book of Words You Should Know front cover by Michelle Bevilacqua & Justin Cord Hayes David Olsen, ISBN: 1440504830

    The Ultimate Book of Words You Should Know [384947]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Front and back covers have very slight edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Cover image may be sourced as...
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  • Bring Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak front cover by Castle Books, ISBN: 0785816119

    Bring Home the Bacon and Cutting the Mustard: The Origins and Meaning of the Food We Speak [382846]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. The dust jacket for the item is listed as being in Very Good condition. Dust Jacket is clean and intact, with minor edge and corner wear. Front and back covers have very slight edge and...
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  • Xenia: A Hoard of Lost Words, Eighteenth-Century Street Lingo, and a Few Completely Confabulated Terms Collected and Exemplified front cover by Coleman Barks, ISBN: 0961891696

    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 front cover by Charles Harrington Elster, ISBN: 0395893380

    The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Complete Opinionated Guide for the Careful Speaker [351952]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Good condition. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Cover image may be sourced as...
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  • The Language Wars: A History of Proper English front cover by Henry Hitchings, ISBN: 0374183295

    The Language Wars: A History of Proper English [348644]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. The dust jacket for the item is listed as being in Good condition. DJ has some small tears, edge and corner wear, but still intact. Front and back covers have very slight edge and corner...
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  • So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off front cover by Shirley Kobliner, Harold Kobliner, ISBN: 1982163763

    So to Speak: 11,000 Expressions That'll Knock Your Socks Off [346539]

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  • Heavens to Betsy!: and Other Curious Sayings front cover by Charles E. Funk, ISBN: 0062720112

    Heavens to Betsy!: and Other Curious Sayings [343399]

    Retail Price $12.00
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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Good condition. Front and back covers have light wear to edges and corners. Spine intact, some wear. Binding is intact. Pages are generally clean with minor edge or corner wear. Clearly a pre-owned and used...
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  • 101 Two-Letter Words front cover by Stephin Merritt, ISBN: 0393240193

    101 Two-Letter Words [337454]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Cover image may be sourced as stock images from OpenLibrary.org and may not represent the actual item or cover art. If you need images of this specific item, please contact us. Firefly SKU:...
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  • 6,000 Soundalikes, Look-Alikes, and Other Words Often Confused front cover by Eugenie Fitzhugh, Mary Louise Gilman, ISBN: 1881859002

    6,000 Soundalikes, Look-Alikes, and Other Words Often Confused [335303]

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    This item is Used and is listed as being in Very Good condition. Front and back covers have very slight edge and corner wear. Spine intact with no creasing or warping. Binding is tight and intact, pages clean and unmarked. Cover image may be sourced as...
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