2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings, & Expressions from White Elephants to A Song & Dance (Hardcover-Used) by Charles Earle

This enormous collection of almost one thousand pages contains the four previously published bestselling titles, A HOG ON ICE, THEREBY HANGS A TALE, HEAVENS TO BETSY! and HORSEFEATHERS. How did the expression "a wild goose chase" originate? Why does the word "dunce" come from the great philosopher Duns Scotus? Dr. Funk has taken these and over 2000other curious words, expressions, and sayings that we use in our daily speech and traced them back through the years to find their amusing, practical and surprising origins. Original. Used book, very good condition. Edgewear, sticker partially removed from dustjacket. 1993.

This enormous collection of almost one thousand pages contains the four previously published bestselling titles, A HOG ON ICE, THEREBY HANGS A TALE, HEAVENS TO BETSY! and HORSEFEATHERS. How did the expression "a wild goose chase" originate? Why does the word "dunce" come from the great philosopher Duns Scotus? Dr. Funk has taken these and over 2000other curious words, expressions, and sayings that we use in our daily speech and traced them back through the years to find their amusing, practical and surprising origins. Original. Used book, very good condition. Edgewear, sticker partially removed from dustjacket. 1993. P192.