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Morris dictionary of word and phrase origins / William and Mary Morris ; foreword by Isaac Asimov.
by Morris, William, 1913-
Harper & Row, c1988.
Call #: 422/M877d/1988
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The Barnhart dictionary of etymology / Robert K. Barnhart, editor ; Sol Steinmetz, managing editor.
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H.W. Wilson Co., 1988.
Call #: 422 B262
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Wordplay : origins, meanings, and usage of the English language / Robertson Cochrane.
by Cochrane, Robertson, 1937-
University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Call #: 422 C663wp
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The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary / Simon Winchester.
by Winchester, Simon.
HarperCollins Publishers, 1998.
Call #: 921 M9822w
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Format: Core Collection - Adult
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500 years of new words : [the fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favorite words first entered the English language] / by Bill Sherk.
by Sherk, Bill, 1942-
Dundurn, 2004.
Call #: 422 S552f
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Word origins : and how we know them : etymology for everyone / Anatoly Liberman.
by Liberman, Anatoly.
Oxford University Press, 2005.
Call #: 422 L695w
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Canadian words & sayings / Bill Casselman.
by Casselman, Bill, 1942-
McArthur & Co., 2006.
Call #: 422 C344c
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교수와 광인 = Professor and the madman / Simon Winchester.
by Winchester, Simon.
Sejong Books, 2000.
Call #: 921 M9822w
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What in the word? : wordplay, word lore, and answers to your peskiest questions about language / Charles Harrington Elster.
by Elster, Charles Harrington.
Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
Call #: 422 E49w
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Only in Canada, you say : a treasury of Canadian language / Katherine Barber.
by Barber, Katherine, 1959-
Oxford University Press, 2007.
Call #: 427.971 B234o
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