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9780786800032

A Chartreuse Leotard in a Magenta Limousine: And Other Words Named After People and Places A Chartreus

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  • ISBN13:

    9780786800032

  • ISBN10:

    0786800038

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-05-15
  • Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
  • Purchase Benefits
List Price: $14.95

Summary

This fascinating compilation of eponyms and toponyms, words derived from people and places, is filled with histories of everyday words accompanied by b&w illustrations. For example, Barbie and Ken were named after the children of the owners of Mattel Toy Company, who created the dolls in 1958.

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