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The Play of Words

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About this title: Do you know the connection between the expression A HARROWING EXPERIENCE and agriculture, between BY AND LARGE and sailing, between GET YOUR GOAT and horses, or between STEAL YOUR THUNDER and show business? You probably have heard the comparisons HAPPY AS A CLAM, SMART AS A WHIP, PLEASED AS PUNCH, DEAD AS A DOORNAIL - but have you ever wondered why a clam should be happy, a whip smart, punch pleased, and a doornail dead? By playing the fifty games in this book, you'll discover the answers to these questions as well as hundreds of other semantic delights that repose in our marvelous English ... read more

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The Play of Words

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Binding: PAPERBACK Publisher: Pocket ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words

by Lederer, Richard

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

by Lederer, Richard

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Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc, New York, New York, U.S.A. Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

Description: Very Good. Tiny stain on first pg. Spine is tight; pgs are unmarked. Nice, tight copy. read more

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The Play of Words

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Binding: Paperback ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

Description: Very good. Stated First Pocket Books (number line reads: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1) trade paperback printing published in September 1991, a fine 274-page book (as pictured), unread, unused and unmarked, this is a very good copy. (846) read more

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Play (the) of Words

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Description: Lederer, Richard., Pocket Books, nd, c1990, 1st Edition, boards & cloth w/gilt spine titles, fine w/dj, 274 pp, B & W illus. by Bernie Cootner, 8vo, 'Fun and Games for Language Lovers' Cootner, Bernie. read more

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The Play of Words: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

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Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words

by Richard Lederer

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Edition: No Edition Stated Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Pocket Books, Inc., Singapore, Sydney, Toronto, London, and New York Date Published: 1990 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

Description: Bernie Cootner. Very Good, Ex-library. No Jacket. Ex-Library Soft cover. English Language. shelf M-3. read more

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The Play of Words

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The Play of Words

by Lederer, Richard, Ph.D., and Pfefferblit, Elaine (Editor)

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Binding: Trade paperback Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

by Richard Lederer

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words

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The Play of Words

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Binding: Softcover ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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Binding: Hardbound Publisher: Pocket Books, New York Date Published: 1990

Description: G+, DJ. 274. read more

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The Play of Words

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Edition: 1st Edition Binding: Hardcover Publisher: New York Pocket 1990. Date Published: 1990

Description: Dust Jacket Included. 1 Copy Available; Near Fine Hardback in Very Good+ Dustjacket; 5.5x8.5"; Fun & games for language lovers; DJ has taped 1" tear at flap fold; Illustrated by Bernie Cootner; 1st edition. read more

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The Play of Words: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

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The Play of Words

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Binding: Paperback Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

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Binding: Soft Cover Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, New York, U.S.A. Date Published: 1991 ISBN-13: 9780671689094 ISBN: 0671689096

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The Play of Words

by Lederer, Richard

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The Play of Words

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hardbound Publisher: Pocket Books, New York, NY Date Published: 1990

Description: Bernie Cootner. As New in As New DJ. 8vo, 274, Fun and Games for Language Lovers. read more

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Play of Words, the: Fun & Games for Language Lovers

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Edition: First Edition Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Pocket Books Date Published: 1990

Description: Cootner, Bernie. VG+/Mildly Edgeworn Dust Jacket. Former owner's inscription on ffep. Price sticker on back DJ. read more

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The Play of Words

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Edition: First Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Pocket, NY Date Published: 1990

Description: First edition. Fine in fine dustwrapper. read more

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The Play of Words

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Edition: First Binding: Hardcover Publisher: Pocket, NY Date Published: 1990

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