America in so many words : Words that have shaped America /

Barnhart, David K.

America in so many words : Words that have shaped America / David K. Barnhart and Allan A. Metcalf. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Company, 1997. - xii, 308 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. x-xii) and indexes.

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English language--Etymology.--United States
English language--History.--United States
Americanisms--History.


United States--History--Terminology.