Inventing English
Subtitle: the imaginative origins of everyday expressions
By: Dale Corey.
Publisher: Berkley Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Etymology.; English language -- Terms and phrases.
Other titles: Imaginative origins of everyday expressions
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [391]-400).