Guppies in tuxedos
Guppies in tuxedos: funny eponyms Marvin Terban; illustrated by Giulio Maestro
Publisher: New York : Clarion Books, c1988.
ISBN: 0899195091
DDC: 422
LCC: PE1596
Summary:
Traces the origins of more than 100 eponymous words--words derived
from the names of people or places. For example "sandwich" is an
eponymous word from the eponym, Earl of Sandwich, the man who
invented sandwiches.
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