This updated and expanded edition, contains definitions and origins of more than 12,500 words and expressions, as well as necdotes and information on the development of a wide range of words, including slang, proverbs, animal and plant names, place names, nicknames, historical expressions, foreign language expressions, and phrases from literature.
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