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The real McCoy : the true stories behind our everyday phrases / Georgia Hole.

Hole, Georgia. (Author).

Record details

  • ISBN: 0192806114
  • ISBN: 9780192806116
  • Physical Description: 200 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Oxford, England ; Oxford University Press, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A-Z entries 3 -- Special Panels -- Animals 8 -- Biblical expressions 22 -- Colours 36 -- Eating and drinking 56 -- Foreign countries 68 -- Legends and myths 104 -- Nautical expressions 122 -- Parts of the body 136 -- Shakespeare's plays 154 -- Sport 162.
Subject:
English language > Terms and phrases.
English language > Etymology.
Genre:
Dictionaries.

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  • 5 of 5 copies available at NC Cardinal.
  • 0 of 0 copies available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Columbus Library 422 HOL (Text) 31250200025149 Adult Nonfiction Available -
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