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Fruitcakes & couch potatoes, and other delicious expressionsFruitcakes & couch potatoes, and other delicious expressions

Fruitcakes & couch potatoes, and other delicious expressions

Christine Ammer

About this book

Traces the history and explains the usage of more than 1,000 food-related expressions, arranged into thirteen categories that cover the main kinds of food like fruits, vegetables, and meat, as well as terms from dining and cooking.

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OL Work ID
OL23535226W

Subjects

Terms and phrasesGastronomyFoodEnglish languageFigures of speechEtymologyDinners and diningTerminologyEnglish language, terms and phrasesEnglish language, etymology

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