I didn't know that : from "ants in the pants" to "wet behind the ears"- the unusual origins of the things we say /Author: Evins, Karlen.
Publisher: New York : Scribner,
Date: 2007. This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
Word routes : journeys through etymology /Author: Tulloch, Alexander R.
Publisher: Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions, Chester Springs, PA : Distributed in the USA by Dufour Editions,
Date: c2005. This title can be found in 4 Iowa libraries.
Word origins the hidden histories of English words from A to Z /Format: [electronic resource] :
Author: Ayto, John.
Publisher: London : A & C Black,
Date: c2005. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
An etymological dictionary of the English language /Author: Skeat, Walter W.
Publisher: Mineola, N.Y. : Dover Publications,
Date: 2005. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
Word origins : the hidden histories of English words from A to Z /Author: Ayto, John.
Publisher: London : A & C Black,
Date: 2005. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea /Author: Jeans, Peter D.
Publisher: Camden, Me. : International Marine,
Date: c2004. This title can be found in 3 Iowa libraries.
Word histories and mysteries : from abracadabra to Zeus /Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co.,
Date: c2004. This title can be found in 3 Iowa libraries.
The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins /Author: Hendrickson, Robert,
Publisher: New York : Checkmark Books,
Date: 2004. This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins /Author: Hendrickson, Robert,
Publisher: New York : Facts On File,
Date: c2004. This title can be found in 9 Iowa libraries.
Webster's new explorer dictionary of word origins /Publisher: Springfield, MA : Federal Street Press,
Date: 2004. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
Word histories and mysteries from abracadabra to Zeus /Format: [electronic resource] :
Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Co. ;
Date: c2004. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
Dog days and dandelions : a lively guide to the animal meanings behind everyday words /Author: Barnette, Martha.
Publisher: New York : St. Martin's Press,
Date: 2003. This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
Medical meanings : a glossary of word origins /Author: Haubrich, William S.
Publisher: Philadelphia : American College of Physicians,
Date: c2003. This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
Abracadabra to zombie : more than 300 wacky word origins /Author: Wulffson, Don L.
Publisher: New York : Dutton Children's Books,
Date: c2003. This title can be found in 5 Iowa libraries.
The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins : definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions /Author: Hendrickson, Robert,
Publisher: New York : Facts On File ;
Date: 2003. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
Cassell's dictionary of word and phrase origins /Author: Rees, Nigel,
Publisher: New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co., New York : Distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub. Co.,
Date: 2002. This title can be found in 2 Iowa libraries.
The Oxford dictionary of word histories /Publisher: New York : New York : Oxford University Press,
Date: 2002. This title can be found in 9 Iowa libraries.
Loose cannons, red herrings, and other lost metaphors /Author: Claiborne, Robert.
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton,
Date: 2001. This title can be found in 1 Iowa libraries.
The Oxford dictionary of allusions /Author: Delahunty, Andrew.
Publisher: New York : New York : Oxford University Press,
Date: 2001. This title can be found in 14 Iowa libraries.
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