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What's In a Word?: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases

What's In a Word?: Fascinating Stories of More Than 350 Everyday Words and Phrases

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Webb Garrison
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Once upon a time…

Tying the knot actually involved tying a knot-not saying vows.  Meanwhile, a thinking cap wasn’t just a cute idea for schoolchildren, but an actual hat worn by scholars in the Middle Ages.  Oh, and when you make no bones about something, you should consider yourself lucky you aren’t choking on a chicken foot. 

What’s in a Word?  Answers the question it poses, more than three hundred times over.  You’ll learn which side of the bed is the wrong side, and why the word “nickname” is simply the product of slurred speech.  Webb Garrison’s etymological journey through the origins of words and phrases, both common and obscure, is sure to fascinate wordsmiths of every stripe.

 

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  • Contributor(s)Webb Garrison
  • About the Contributor(s) Webb GarrisonWebb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including... Webb Garrison
    Webb Garrison, formerly associate dean of Emory University and president of McKendree College, wrote more than 55 books, including Civil War Curiosities and Civil War Trivia and Fact Book. Before his death in 2000, Garrison lived in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina.     show more
  • ISBN-139781595553003
  • Publish Date03/16/2010
  • PublisherThomas Nelson
  • Format Softcover
  • LanguageEnglish
  • Weight (lbs)0.52 lb
  • Case Weight (lbs)18.73 lb
  • Dimensions 8.4(h) x 5.45(w) x 0.63(d) inches
  • Pages256
  • Price $10.49

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