Hog on Ice
Contributors: Tom Funk (Illustrator)
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: March 1948
Format: Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780060017705
Subjects: Word Lists; Reference
First sentence: It would be interesting if, through family records, I could bring an unsuspected source into view which would explain why this ex means "in a state of dire panic" or from another record determine why a stooge for an auctioneer, one who makes fictitious bids to stimulate higher bids, is called a "Peter Funk"; but, alas, no such records are known.