The curious compendium of wonderful words : a miscellany of obscure terms, bizarre phrases & surprisi
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:DUE 09-20-24
Common phrases and where they come from / Myron Korach in collaboration with John B. Mordock.
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Origins of the specious : myths and misconceptions of the English language / Patricia T. O'Conner and
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Origins of the specious : myths and misconceptions of the English language / Patricia T. O'Conner and
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Origins of the specious : myths and misconceptions of the English language / Patricia T. O'Conner and
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The Oxford dictionary of word histories / edited by Glynnis Chantrell.
Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
The Oxford dictionary of foreign words and phrases / edited by Jennifer Speake.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
1998
The Oxford dictionary of word histories / edited by Glynnis Chantrell.
Bristol, Main Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
Book
2002
The Oxford dictionary of catchphrases / compiled by Anna Farkas.
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins / Michael Quinion.
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department:Storage, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins / Michael Quinion.
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department:Storage, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2004
Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins / Michael Quinion.
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department:Storage, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Ballyhoo, buckaroo, and spuds : ingenious tales of words and their origins / Michael Quinion.
Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department:Storage, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
When is a pig a hog? : a guide to confoundingly related English words / Bernice Randall.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
The new Joys of Yiddish / Leo Rosten ; revisions and commentary by Lawrence Bush ; illustrations by R
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction:DUE 09-18-24, East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Portland Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The origins of English words : a discursive dictionary of Indo-European roots / Joseph T. Shipley.
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Wordbirds : an irreverent lexicon for the 21st century / by Liesl Schillinger ; illustrations by Eliz
Bloomfield at the Atrium:In Transit, East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Wordbirds : an irreverent lexicon for the 21st century / by Liesl Schillinger ; illustrations by Eliz
Bloomfield at the Atrium:In Transit, East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Written in stone : a journey through the Stone Age and the origins of modern language / Christopher S
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Written in stone : a journey through the Stone Age and the origins of modern language / Christopher S
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Simsbury Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Remarkable words with astonishing origins / by John Train ; illustrations by Pierre Le-Tan ; foreword
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department:DUE 09-06-24
Great expressions : how our favorite words and phrases have come to mean what they mean / Marvin Vano
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The secret lives of words / Paul West.
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Why do we say it? : the stories behind the words, expressions and cliches we use.
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2005
Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Expletive deleted : a good look at bad language / Ruth Wajnryb.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Webster's word histories.
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
The secret lives of words / Paul West.
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Why do we say it? : the stories behind the words, expressions and cliches we use.
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
1985
Why do we say it? : the stories behind the words, expressions and cliches we use.
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Je ne sais what? : a guide to de rigueur French for readers, writers, and speakers / Jon Winokur ; il
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Go hang a salami! I'm a lasagna hog! and other palindromes / by Jon Agee.
Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Children's Department:Withdrawn, Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Farmington, Main Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Children's Department:Check Shelf
Loose cannons & red herrings : a book of lost metaphors / Robert Claiborne.
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Loose cannons & red herrings : a book of lost metaphors / Robert Claiborne.
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The roots of English : a reader's handbook of word origins / Robert Claiborne.
Southington Library - Adult:DUE 09-21-17 Billed, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
The Concise Oxford dictionary of English etymology / edited by T.F. Hoad.
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department:In-Library Use Only, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
The Oxford dictionary of allusions / Andrew Delahunty, Sheila Dignen, and Penny Stock.
Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
