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1	Heavens to Betsy!: & Other Curious Sayings more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist Whether it's like "a bump on a log" or "a bat out of hell, " these expressions have been around forever. Dr. Funk explains over 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor, and the frailties of humankind, each of these sayings have an ... see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
2	Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins more books like this by Charles E Funk add to wishlist English has hundreds of everyday words that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell all the mysteries but Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of the language. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £5.61! \| first editions
3	Hog on Ice more books like this by Funk add to wishlist Dr. Funk has taken hundreds of picturesque sayings that we use without thinking in our daily speech and has traced them back through the years to find the original allusions. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £6.23! \| first editions
4	2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions: From White Elephants to Song & Dance more books like this by Charles Earle Funk, Tom Funk (Illustrator) add to wishlist 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." see all copies from £7.39! new only from £25.86!
5	Horsefeathers: & Other Curious Words more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist If readers have ever wondered why the candy is called butterscotch; why a certain Southern food is called a hushpuppy; or why log supports in a fireplace are known as andirons, or, sometimes, firedogs; then they'll be fascinated by the origins of the over 600 words discussed in "a book that gets curiouser and curiouser as it goes along" ("San ... see all copies from £4.96! new only from £5.41! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	A hog on ice,and other curious expressions more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist In this fun collection of over 400 curious expressions and sayings, Dr. Funk explains the meanings that people use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced the expressions back through the years in an effort to determine their sources, to find out what the original allusions were, and give his expert opinion when facts ... see all copies from £2.54! new only from £5.21! \| first editions
7	Thereby Hangs a Tale more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £11.14! \| first editions
8	Horse feathers and other curious words more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £5.46! new only from £8.70! \| first editions
9	Funk & Wagnalls new practical Standard dictionary of the English language more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £6.42!
10	New practical standard dictionary of the English language more books like this by Gerald Roe Crone, Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £8.23!
11	What's the name, please? A guide to the correct pronunciation of current prominent names more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £5.59! first editions
12	Funk & Wagnalls new Standard dictionary of the English language. more books like this by Isaac K. Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £16.14!
13	Funk & Wagnalls new College Standard dictionary. more books like this by Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £4.07!
14	New "standard" dictionary of the English language, designed to give the orthography, pronunciation, meaning and etymology of all the words, and the meaning of idiomatic phrases, in the speech and literature of the English-speaking alphabetical order more books like this by Gerald Roe Crone, Charles Earle Funk add to wishlist see all copies from £61.72!

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