The whatchamacallit : those everyday objects you just can't name : (and things you think you know about but don't)

Title
: 
The whatchamacallit : those everyday objects you just can't name : (and things you think you know about but don't)

Personal Author EPSB
: 
Danny. Danziger

Summary
: 
Provides the proper names for over 100 everyday illusive objects, complete with the histories, myths, and anecdotes behind them.

Uniform Title
: 
Thingummy

Year Published
: 
2009

Physical Description
: 
xvi, 200 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Note
: 
Originally published as: Thingummy. London : Doubleday, 2008.

Subject
: 
English language -- Etymology.

Added Author
: 
McCrum, Mark, 1958-

Summary
: 
Provides the proper names for over 100 everyday illusive objects, complete with the histories, myths, and anecdotes behind them.

ISBN
: 
9781401323387

Publisher
: 
New York : Hyperion, c2009.


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