UsedGood. 1985 hardcover ed w/ alt TAN cover (vol. I). Slightly torn/foxed dj & worn bind. Text is mostly clean & readable. ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

Harvard University Press, Date: 1985. Hardcover. Acceptable. Disclaimer:A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1985. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

Harvard University Press, Date: 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 1985. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

Harvard University Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Harvard University Press ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, Date: 1985. Hardcover. Very Good. 8x2x11. Volume 1. Hardcover and dust jacket. Tears to jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> "The most exciting linguistic project going on in the United States." - William Safire, New York Times <br> This is an oversized or heavy book, which requires additional postage for international delivery outside the US. 1985. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

ISBN10: 0674205111, ISBN13: 9780674205116, [publisher: Cambridge: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985.] Hardcover Small 4to. civi, 903 pp. Blue cloth boards. Spine-ends lightly bumped. Jacket price-clipped, sunned at spine, small tears to spine-ends. Very Good in Good dust jacket.
[NEW HAVEN, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1985]
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Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. DJ in archival cover. with a full number line starting with 1. . Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Date: 1985. 1985. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press ISBN 0674205111 9780674205116 [US]

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[Southport, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1985]

ISBN10: 0674205111, ISBN13: 9780674205116, [publisher: Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Mass.] Hardcover Hardcover. How do Americans really talk-what are their hometown, everyday expressions in the many regions and sections of this huge country? The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), twenty years in preparation, answers these questions. It gives visible proof of the diversity-and the vitality-of American folk language, past and present.DARE includes thousands of words and phrases not found in conventional dictionaries, and out-of-the-way meanings for common terms. Here are local names for familiar objects, from old cars to frying pans to dust-balls under the bed (176 names for these); for plants, animals, and critters real and imaginary; for rainstorms and heat waves; for foods, clothing, children's games and adults' pastimes; for illnesses and traditional remedies. Here are terms-salty, sarcastic, humorous-by which people describe each other, their physical appearance, characters, emotions, states of mind. Here are metaphors and similes galore.In Wisconsin a man whose motives are suspect "has beans up his nose." In Georgia a conceited person is "biggity"; someone important or self-important in the Northwest is "bull of the woods." A close friend may be "bobbasheely" (Mississippi) or an "ace boon coon" (New York City). West of the Appalachians the old saw "I wouldn't know him from ...