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Who put the butter in butterfly? / David Feldman ; illustrated by Kassie Schwan.
LIBRA PE1574 .F45 1989 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Feldman, David, 1950-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Etymology.
- English language.
- English language--Terms and phrases.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xii, 209 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Harper & Row, 1990.
- Summary:
- The authors identifies and tries to explain the history behind peculiar words in the English language and why their use has persisted.
- Notes:
- "Perennial Library."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-201) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0060916613
- 9780060916619
- OCLC:
- 21829764
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