Cassell dictionary of word and phrase origins
By: Nigel Rees.
Contributors: Rees, Nigel, 1944-
Publisher: Cassell; Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co.; Orion Publishing Group, Limited
Published: 1996
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 273
Subjects: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.; English language -- Terms and phrases.
Other titles: Dictionary of word and phrase origins
Notes: Rev. ed. of a work first published in 1987 under title: Why do we say ...? Subsequent editions to the 1987 ed. had titles of Cassell dictionary of word and phrase origins and Dictionary of word and phrase origins; both titles had the uniform title of Why do we say ...?