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Heavens to Betsy!: And Other Curious Sayings Trade paperback - 1993
by Charles E. Funk
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- Paperback
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 interesting story behind their origin.
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- Title Heavens to Betsy!: And Other Curious Sayings
- Author Charles E. Funk
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: Repri
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, Scranton, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.
- Date June 1993
- Bookseller's Inventory # 30430
- ISBN 9780062720115 / 0062720112
- Weight 0.39 lbs (0.18 kg)
- Dimensions 8.38 x 5.71 x 0.94 in (21.29 x 14.50 x 2.39 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Etymology, English language - Terms and phrases
- Dewey Decimal Code 422
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