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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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PE2839 .M38 1999
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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.
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Dictionaries.
Subject
English language -- United States -- Etymology.
Language and languages -- Etymology.
Figures of speech.
Figures of speech.
Americanisms.
Americanisms.
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Dictionaries.
ISBN
0679458042