Guppies in tuxedos
Subtitle: funny eponyms
By: Marvin Terban ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro.
Contributors: Maestro, Giulio, ill.
Publisher: Clarion Books
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: English language -- Eponyms -- Juvenile literature; English language -- Etymology -- Juvenile literature; English language -- Eponyms; English language -- Etymology
Description: Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 61.
Includes index.