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050 4 $aPE1689$b.L5 1993
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100 1 $aLipton, James,$eauthor.
245 13 $aAn exaltation of larks /$cJames Lipton.
250 $aUltimate edition.
264 1 $aNew York, N.Y., U.S.A. :$bPenguin,$c1993.
264 4 $c©1991
300 $a324 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 0 $aIf you've ever wondered whether familiar terms like "a pride of lions" or "a string of ponies" were only the tip of the liguistic iceberg. This book provides the definitive answer. This classic collection of collective nouns includes more than 1,100 equally pithy, and often poetic, terms -- some resurrected from the Books of Venery that were the constant study of fifteenth-century gentlemen; some ("a blur of Impressionists," "a score of bachelors") more recently minted. Here too is a game for readers inspired to invent their own terms of venery.
650 0 $aEnglish language$vTerms and phrases.
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