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Bryson, Bill.

Summary: [In this book, the author] offers a playfully anecdotal account of the etymology of distinctive words and phrases that help to create a distinctly American English. -http://www.bookinprint.com

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 1994

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Dunn, Jerry Camarillo.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.09 DUN

McCutcheon, Marc.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 1995

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 MCM

Parnwell, E. C.

Summary: A tool for students learning to speak English, illustrating over 2,400 words depicting everyday topics such as the body, food, weather, animals, and travel, and including a pronunciation guide.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1988

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 PAR

Summary: Presents hundreds of useful and common idiomatic expressions with simple definitions, natural dialogues, and spoken practice exercises.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Information Group 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.973 EAS

Summary: From the Publisher: As Oxford's flagship American dictionary, the New Oxford American Dictionary sets the standard of excellence for lexicography in this country. With more than 350,000 words, phrases, and senses, hundreds of explanatory notes, and more than a thousand illustrations, this dictionary provides the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of American English available. The...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 2010

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 423 NEW

Contents: v. 1. A-G -- v. 2. H-O.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1994

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 427.973 RAN

Grant, Bruce

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Rand McNally 1951

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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 978 GRA

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423 OXF

Barnhart, David K.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 422 BAR

Parnwell, E. C.

Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Vietnamese speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 PAR

Watts, Peter.

Summary: A fascinating dictionary of terms from the Wild West of 1850 to 1900 lists the origins and meanings of many currently used expressions and phrases, noting their frequent adaptations from original Mexican words.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Promontory Press 1977

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.978 WAT

Contents: v. 1. A-G -- v. 2. H-O.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1994

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1 available in Reference, Call number: R 427.973 RAN

Flexner, Stuart Berg.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1997

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427 FLE

Parnwell, E. C.

Summary: Teaches English as a second language to Spanish speakers through the use of pictures dealing with everyday topics such as the body, post office, law, travel, and family.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Oxford University Press 1989

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 423.1 PAR

Sorden, L. G. (Leland George)

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: NorthWord 1986

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 427.0886 SOR

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