Western lore and language : a dictionary for enthusiasts of the American West / Thomas L. Clark.

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Western Lore and Language is the first dictionary to document the extraordinary range of words that are an integral part of the West, old and new. Focusing on words that either originated in the West (forty-niner, skookum, quaking aspen), are used mainly in the West (butte, skink, Spanish sword), or...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, Thomas L.
Corporate Author:	NetLibrary, Inc
Language:	English
Published:	Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, [1996], ©1996.
Subjects:	English language > West (U.S.) > Slang > Dictionaries. Americanisms > West (U.S.) > Dictionaries. West (U.S.) > Social life and customs > Dictionaries. Electronic books.
Genre:	Dictionaries. Electronic books.
Online Access:	(EBSCOhost) (EBSCO) Read this eBook – MSU authorized users <br /> MSU single-user access only (EBSCO) An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information (Bibliographic record display) (EBSCO) (EBSCO)
Local Note:	MSU: License agreement restricts access to one user at a time.
Physical Description:	xvi, 266 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm
Format:	Electronic eBook

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Read this eBook – MSU authorized users <br /> MSU single-user access only (EBSCO)
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information (Bibliographic record display) (EBSCO)
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