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Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie - Robert Claiborne, American Heritage Dictionaries, Barry Moser
Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780395402641 (0395402646)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Pages no: 308
Edition language: English
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I love reading about the histories of words, the etymology of language, especially in English since it's my mother tongue. This book is almost 30 years out of date, however, and I obtained it through a strange series of happenstance. The black and, well, cream colored wood engraving print illustra...
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Word Mysteries and Histories: From Quiche to Humble Pie - Barry Moser
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