Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins

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Publisher's Synopsis

Why do we say a person is the "spitting image" of someone else, or "take a rain check"? These questions are rarely answered by conventional dictionaries, but this book takes a wide-ranging approach to problems of etymology, challenging a few long-held theories on the way.

Book information

ISBN: 9780304344222
Publisher: Cassell
Imprint: Cassell
Pub date:
DEWEY: 423.1
DEWEY edition: 20
Language: English
Number of pages: 224
Weight: -1g
Height: 222mm
Width: 139mm
Spine width: 19mm