Oxford school dictionary of word origins : the curious twists & turns of the cool and weird words we use
Ayto, John2009
Books, Manuscripts
The 'Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins' contains 10,000 headword entries, each one with a complete story of how that particular word came into the English language and evolved over time.
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Edition:
New ed.
Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009.
Collation:
xiv, 494 p. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: 2002.
Audience:
Adolescent.
ISBN:
9780199112210 (hbk)0199112215 (hbk)
Dewey class:
422'.03422423
Language:
English
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BRN:
1674253