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Words, Facts, and Phrases (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)
A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-Of-The-Way Matters
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- On Sale
- Oct 18, 2011
- Page Count
- 674 pages
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- BookAnnex
- ISBN-13
- 9781411461345
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What does the old American catchphrase “according to Gunter” mean? Where does the word “highfalutin” come from? Combing world literature for oddities not easily accessible to the general reader, the author offers a delightful A-Z compendium of quaint and curious lore, legend, fact, trivia, and history: a browser’s delight.
