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- catalog abstract "New and expanded, with over 1,200 words and colloquial expressions--including newcomers to the language--this dictionary starts where others give up. Ever wonder where the word "nerd" came from? Thank Dr. Seuss he coined it in the 1950s. Were you given the sack? That's the bag of tools returned to masons when they were fired. You'll also learn why we say someone "makes money hand over fist," and the origins of "the full monty," "cut the mustard," and many more!".
- catalog alternative "Word and phrase origins".
- catalog contributor b12519220.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description "@ -- to -- zitat.".
- catalog description "New and expanded, with over 1,200 words and colloquial expressions--including newcomers to the language--this dictionary starts where others give up. Ever wonder where the word "nerd" came from? Thank Dr. Seuss he coined it in the 1950s. Were you given the sack? That's the bag of tools returned to masons when they were fired. You'll also learn why we say someone "makes money hand over fist," and the origins of "the full monty," "cut the mustard," and many more!".
- catalog extent "ix, 274 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0304362255".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Cassell ; New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co.,".
- catalog subject "422.03 21".
- catalog subject "English language Etymology Dictionaries.".
- catalog subject "English language Terms and phrases.".
- catalog subject "PE1580 .R44 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "@ -- to -- zitat.".
- catalog title "Cassell's dictionary of word and phrase origins / Nigel Rees.".
- catalog title "Word and phrase origins".
- catalog type "Dictionaries. fast".
- catalog type "text".