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Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities
Paul Anthony Jones
From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover.
216 pages
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 30, 2016 |
| ISBN13 | 9780826356567 |
| Publishers | University of New Mexico Press |
| Pages | 216 |
| Dimensions | 142 × 213 × 15 mm · 240 g |
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