The Word Detective
- ISBN-10
- 0452282640
- ISBN-13
- 9780452282643
- Series
- The Word Detective
- Pages
- 256
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2001
- Publisher
- Plume
- Author
- Evan Morris
Description
The "Word Detective" searches out clues to the origin of interesting words and phrases, such as Big Apple, moxie, yahoo, gormless, feed a cold, and many others, in a collection of articles from the syndicated "Word Detective" column. Reprint.
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Other editions
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- 2016-10-13
- 384 pages
- Paperback
- Hachette UK
