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Author
Terban, Marvin.
Title
Guppies in tuxedos : funny eponyms / Marvin Terban ; illustrated by Giulio Maestro.
Publication Info.
New York : Clarion Books, [1988]
©1988
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Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department
J422 T
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South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department
J422 T27G
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Description
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography
Bibliography: page 61.
Summary
Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who invented sandwiches.
Study Program
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.1 1.0 123937.
Subject
English language -- Eponyms -- Juvenile literature.
English language -- Etymology -- Juvenile literature.
English language -- Eponyms.
English language -- Etymology.
Added Author
Maestro, Giulio.
ISBN
0899195091 library binding $12.95
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