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MARC Record from Marygrove College

Record ID marc_marygrove/marygrovecollegelibrary.full.D20191108.T213022.internetarchive2nd_REPACK.mrc:11939294:2744
Source Marygrove College
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LEADER: 02744cam a22005171i 4500
001 ocm00178281
003 OCoLC
005 20191109073557.2
008 731016s1950 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 50006664
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015 $aGB50-3811
016 7 $a001342484$2Uk
019 $a318203
029 1 $aAU@$b000000711639
029 1 $aAU@$b000023878073
029 1 $aHEBIS$b202288218
029 1 $aNZ1$b8131589
029 1 $aUNITY$b026569116
029 1 $aUNITY$b091519306
029 1 $aNZ1$b928046
035 $a(OCoLC)00178281$z(OCoLC)318203
050 00 $aPE1574$b.F8
055 4 $aPE1574 F86
082 00 $a422$223
049 $aMAIN
100 1 $aFunk, Wilfred J.$q(Wilfred John),$d1883-1965.
245 10 $aWord origins and their romantic stories /$cby Wilfred.Funk.
264 1 $aNew York :$bFunk & Wagnall's, a division of Reader's Digest Books, Inc.,$c[1950]
264 4 $c©1950
300 $aviii, 432 pages ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aBibliographical references included in "A note of thanks" (pages 405-408) and index.
505 00 $tThe story begins -- Origin of words of speaking and writing -- These words came from proper names -- Where words about human beings come from -- Word stories of the boudoir and the men's dressing room -- Sources of words of attitudes and emotions -- Romance behind business terms -- Word histories of your house -- Word histories of your garden -- Word stories about your dining table -- Where animal names came from -- Political terms and their origins -- War words and their histories -- Terms of sciences and the professions -- Romantic Stories of words about women -- Terms of religion and their beginnings -- Origin of the terms of art, music, and the drama -- Your favorite sports and their word histories -- Terms of place, time, shape, and size, and their origins -- A basketful of word stories --Word oddities -- The making of 50,000 words -- A note of thanks.
520 $aThe life stories of over three thousand words in use in English today.
590 $bInternet Archive - 2
590 $bInternet Archive 2
650 0 $aEnglish language$xEtymology.
650 7 $aEnglish language$xEtymology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00911149
710 2 $aRouben Mamoulian Collection (Library of Congress)$5DLC
776 08 $iOnline version:$aFunk, Wilfred J. (Wilfred John), 1883-1965.$tWord origins and their romantic stories.$dNew York, [1950]$w(OCoLC)904073465
938 $aBaker and Taylor$bBTCP$n50006664 //r89
994 $a92$bERR
976 $a31927002021803