Chin music : [electronic resource] tall talk and other talk / collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by John O'Brien.
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TextPublication details: New York : J.B. Lippincott Co., c1979.Description: 127 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: - 0397318693 :
- 9780397318698
- 0397318707 (lib. bdg.) :
- 9780397318704 (lib. bdg.)
- 0397318715 (pbk.) :
- 9780397318711 (pbk.)
- Americanisms -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Slang -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- Terms and phrases -- Juvenile literature
- English language -- New words -- Juvenile literature
- Folklore -- United States
- Americanisms
- English language -- Slang
- English language -- Terms and phrases
- Folklore -- United States
- 427 S399c
- PE2846 .S36
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Bibliography: p. 119-126.
Presents examples of folk speech used during the period 1815 to 1950. Identifies their meaning and the regions in which they were collected.
Horse fly! -- Words and sayings -- To make up new words.
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