Dog Days and Dandelions: A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everday Words Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Dog Days and Dandelions: A Lively Guide to the Animal Meanings Behind Everday Words Book

There are mice in your muscles, and blackbirds in your merlot. Behind adulation is a dog's wagging tail. Peculiar houses a herd of cattle. Grubby is crawling with bugs. Word-hound Martha Barnette collects more than 300 common (and a few not-so-common) words that have surprising ani-mal roots. Tracing word origins back to ancient Greek and Latin as well as to European roots and American slang, the entries offer a guided tour through literature, science, folklore, politics, and more-with a wilderness of animal meanings at every turn. For fledgling word sleuths as well as those who fawn over etymologies, this is a delightful smorgasbord for writers, students, and word lovers.Read More

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  • 0312280726
  • 9780312280727
  • Martha Barnette
  • 1 January 2003
  • St. Martin's Press
  • Hardcover (Book)
  • 256
  • 1st
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