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Language: en
Pages: 304
Authors: Erin McKean
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-10-23 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Do you know what a snollygoster is? Would you eat something called a muktuk? Do you know anyone who engages in onolatry? Impress your friends and pepper your di
Weird and Wonderful Words
Language: en
Pages: 146
Authors: Erin McKean
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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Lists the meaning of hundreds of bizarre and unusual words and includes a guide to coining new words.
More Weird and Wonderful Words
Language: en
Pages: 130
Authors: Erin McKean
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2003 - Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

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This title digs deep into forgotten corners of the dictionary, gathering both the most spectacular old and the most impressive new words. The result is more tha
Wordcatcher
Language: en
Pages: 336
Authors: Phil Cousineau
Categories: Reference
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-03-15 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

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Who knew that the great country of Canada is named for a mistake? How about "bedswerver," the best Elizabethan insult to hurl at a cheating boyfriend? By explor
The Secret Lives of Dresses
Language: en
Pages: 188
Authors: Erin McKean
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-02-10 - Publisher: 5 Spot

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When her grandmother has a stroke, Dora returns to the small town where she grew up to take over her family's vintage clothing store -- and meets a handsome con