num_pages: 329
description: Ciardi's second delicious collection of words and phrases in the American Language: their origins, use (both current and outworn), misuse, misinterpretation, the legends that have accrued to many of them, and his own discursive comments on their value and validity.Historically and socially, the range of Ciardi's entries is wide and free, and because this dictionary has been produced by one intelligence and spirit rather than a committee, the space allocated to each entry has been determined by Ciardi's own opinion of its worth.
language: English
title: A Second Browser's Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Language
titlecomplete: A Second Browser's Dictionary and Native's Guide to the Unknown American Language
genres: Reference, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 16
publisher: HarperCollins