Words, Facts, and Phrases (Barnes & Noble Digital Library)

A Dictionary of Curious, Quaint, and Out-Of-The-Way Matters

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By Eliezer Edwards

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Oct 18, 2011
Page Count
674 pages
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BookAnnex
ISBN-13
9781411461345

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ebook (Digital original)

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What does the old American catchphrase “according to Gunter” mean? Where does the word “highfalutin” come from? Combing world literature for oddities not easily accessible to the general reader, the author offers a delightful A-Z compendium of quaint and curious lore, legend, fact, trivia, and history: a browser’s delight.


Eliezer Edwards

About the Author

Eliezer Edwards (1815-1891) was the author of Personal Recollections of Birmingham and Birmingham Men, The Old Taverns of Birmingham: A Series of Familiar Sketches, and Sir Rowland Hill, K.C.B.: A Biographical and Historical Sketch, with Records of the Family to Which he Belonged.

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