Etymologies

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	BLACK SHEEP AND LAME DUCKS: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day. By Albert Jack. Remainder Item #2460815 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $3.95

	COMMON PHRASES: And the Amazing Stories Behind Them. By Max Cryer. Remainder Item #3433676 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $4.95

	DOG THE WAG. By Mike Darton. This book is shopworn. It may have scuffed covers or edges, or other minor imperfections. Remainder Item #2483858 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $3.95

	THE ENGLISH IS COMING! How One Language Is Sweeping the World. By Leslie Dunton-Downer. Remainder Item #2624281 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $5.95

	THE ENGLISH IS COMING! How One Language Is Sweeping the World. By Leslie Dunton-Downer. Remainder Item #3498840 Pub at $24.00 - Our Price $3.95

	FLYING BY THE SEAT OF YOUR PANTS: Surprising Origins of Everyday Expressions. By Harry Oliver. Remainder Item #3355837 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $3.95

	I LOVE IT WHEN YOU TALK RETRO: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech. By Ralph Keyes. Remainder Item #255643X Pub at $25.95 - Our Price $4.95

	IN THE LAND OF INVENTED LANGUAGES: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Loglan Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build a Perfect Language. By Arika Okrent. Remainder Item #2602296 Pub at $26.00 - Our Price $4.95

	THE INSECT THAT STOLE BUTTER? Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins. Edited By Julia Cresswell. Remainder Item #3380017 Pub at $21.95 - Our Price $6.95

	NOW YOU KNOW, VOLUME 4: The Book of Answers. By Doug Lennox. Remainder Item #3371646 Our Price $4.95

	OPENING PANDORA'S BOX: Phrases Borrowed from the Classics and the Stories Behind Them. By Ferdie Addis. Current Item #3438236 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $9.95

	THE QUEEN'S ENGLISH: An A to Zed Guide to Distinctively British Words. By C.J. Moore. Current Item #3399230 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $9.95

	SEMANTIC ANTICS: How and Why Words Change Meaning. By Sol Steinmetz. Remainder Item #346301X Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $4.95

	SIX WORDS YOU NEVER KNEW HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH PIGS: And Other Fascinating Facts About the Language from Canada's Word Lady. By Katherine Barber. Remainder Item #2523590 Pub at $16.95 - Our Price $4.95

	SPILLING THE BEANS ON THE CAT'S PAJAMAS: Popular Expressions--What They Mean and How We Got Them. By Judy Parkinson. Current Item #2480034 Pub at $14.95 - Our Price $9.95

	TAWDRY KNICKERS AND OTHER UNFORTUNATE WAYS TO BE REMEMBERED: A Saucy and Spirited History of Ninety Notorious Namesakes. By Alex Novak. Remainder Item #2628511 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $3.95

	TOPONYMITY: An Atlas of Words. By John Bemelmans Marciano. Remainder Item #3428451 Pub at $18.00 - Our Price $3.95

	WHERE A DOBDOB MEETS A DIKDIK. By Bill Casselman. Remainder Item #3403297 Pub at $13.95 - Our Price $4.95