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BRITANNICA ATLAS & WEBSTERS THIRD EDITION DICTIONARY

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Logo BRITANNICA ATLAS & WEBSTERS THIRD EDITION DICTIONARY

Assortment of dictionaries and an atlas. Included Tenderfeet and Ladyfingers: A Visceral Approach to Words and Their Origins by Susan Kelz Sperling. Turner Classic Movies Presents: The Race to Save 100 Years VHS.

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Text Copyright © Susan Kelz Sperling, 1981
Illustrations Copyright © Michael C. Witte, 1981
All rights reserved
First published in 1981 by The Viking Press
625 Madison Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022
Published simultaneously in Canada by
Penguin Books Canada Limited
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA
Sperling, Susan Kelz.
Tenderfeet and ladyfingers.
Includes index.
1. English language-Etymology.
2. English language-Terms and phrases.
3. Body, Human-Language.
I. Witte, Michael C. II. Title.
PE1583.S67
422
80-51778
ISBN 0-670-69633-1
Printed in the United States of America
Set in CRT Garamond
Designed by Beth Tondreau
Text
Copyright
©
Susan
Kelz
Sperling,
1981
Illustrations
Copyright
©
Michael
C.
Witte,
1981
All
rights
reserved
First
published
in
1981
by
The
Viking
Press
625
Madison
Avenue,
New
York,
N.Y.
10022
Published
simultaneously
in
Canada
by
Penguin
Books
Canada
Limited
LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
CATALOGING
IN
PUBLICATION
DATA
Sperling,
Susan
Kelz.
Tenderfeet
and
ladyfingers.
Bibliography:
143.
Includes
index.
1.
English
language-Etymology.
2.
English
language-Terms
and
phrases.
3.
Body,
Human-Language.
I.
Witte,
Michael
II.
Title.
PE1583.S67
422
80-51778
ISBN
0-670-69633-1
Printed
in
the
United
States
of
America
Set
in
CRT
Garamond
Designed
by
Beth
Tondreau

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