The Resource 1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know : hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions, W.R. Runyan, (electronic resource)
1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know : hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions, W.R. Runyan, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- As times change so do the things we use and what we call them. W.R. Runyan has compiled a fascinating collection of words and phrases that, once common everywhere in America, are little known today. This book is a celebration of our linguistic past that will be a treat from word lovers everywhere. Do you know any of these: Snaffle, Steelie, Gully Washer, Cabriolet, Calk, Hardpan, Carbuncle, Pie Bird, Fid, or Hame? Did you know that a Horse Apple is actually an orange? Or that Rolley Holley is a marble game? With over one hundred illustrations, this is a book that will take you on a walk back in time and give you a chance to hear from generations past?in their own voice, with their own words
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 180 pages)
- Isbn
- 9781616081232
- Label
- 1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know : hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions
- Title
- 1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know
- Title remainder
- hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions
- Statement of responsibility
- W.R. Runyan
- Title variation
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- 1001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know
- One thousand one words and phrases you never knew you didn't know
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- As times change so do the things we use and what we call them. W.R. Runyan has compiled a fascinating collection of words and phrases that, once common everywhere in America, are little known today. This book is a celebration of our linguistic past that will be a treat from word lovers everywhere. Do you know any of these: Snaffle, Steelie, Gully Washer, Cabriolet, Calk, Hardpan, Carbuncle, Pie Bird, Fid, or Hame? Did you know that a Horse Apple is actually an orange? Or that Rolley Holley is a marble game? With over one hundred illustrations, this is a book that will take you on a walk back in time and give you a chance to hear from generations past?in their own voice, with their own words
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Runyan, W. R
- Dewey number
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- 428.1
- 428.1
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PE1449
- LC item number
- .R86 2011eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Vocabulary
- English language
- REFERENCE / Word Lists
- Label
- 1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know : hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions, W.R. Runyan, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180)
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- frd767534045
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 180 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616081232
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781616081232
- (Sirsi) b1404093
- Label
- 1,001 words and phrases you never knew you didn't know : hopperdozer, hoecake, ear trumpet, dort, and other nearly forgotten terms and expressions, W.R. Runyan, (electronic resource)
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-180)
- Color
- multicolored
- Control code
- frd767534045
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (ix, 180 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781616081232
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9781616081232
- (Sirsi) b1404093
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