HORSEFEATHERS AND OTHER CURIOUS WORDS

Charles Earle Funk, Charles Earle Funk, Jr.

ISBN 10: 0060913525 / ISBN 13: 9780060913526

Published by Harper & Row, New York, 1986

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Very Good+ in wraps. Light sunning on spine. ; Perennial Library; 240 pages.

Seller Inventory # 315890

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HORSEFEATHERS AND OTHER CURIOUS WORDS
• Publisher: Harper & Row, New York
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0060913525
• ISBN 13: 9780060913526
• Binding: Softcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Tom Funk
• Edition: First Edition Thus; Eighth Printing.
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

Oh, horsefeathers!If you've ever wondered why the candy is called butterscotch; why a certain southern food is called a hush puppy; why tog supports in a fireplace are known as andirons, or sometimes firedogs, you'll be fascinated by the origins of the more than 600 words discussed in "a book that gets curiouser and curiouser as it goes along" (Son Francisco Chronicle).

About the Author

Charles Earle Funk was editor in chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series. He wrote several other books on word and phrase origins, including Horsefeathers, Heavens to Betsy!, and Thereby Hangs a Tale.