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Author McQuain, Jeff, 1955-

Title Never enough words : how Americans invented expressions as ingenious, ornery, and colorful as themselves / Jeffrey McQuain.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, 1999.

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 Moore Stacks  PE2839 .M38 1999    Available  ---
Edition 1st ed.
Description xxv, 278 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index.
Contents Personally speaking: the American spirit -- Intellectually speaking: the American mind -- Emotionally speaking: the American heart.
Subject English language -- United States -- Terms and phrases.
English language.
United States.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
Subject English language -- United States -- Etymology.
Language and languages -- Etymology.
Figures of speech.
Figures of speech.
Americanisms.
Americanisms.
Genre/Form Dictionaries.
ISBN 0679458042