The Indispensable Dictionary of Unusual Words: Over 6,000 Obscure and Preposterous Words to Know, Learn, and Love

By Josefa Heifetz, Josefa Heifetz Bryrne, Josefa Heifetz Byrne

Book Overview

From aasvogel (the South African vulture) to knurry (full of knots), from melangeur (a machine for making chocolate syrup) to zumbooruk (a small cannon fired from the back of a camel), the words in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1616086505
• ISBN13: 9781616086503
• Release Date: July 2012
• Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.74 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.1"