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It'S A Wonderful Word eBook

The Real Origins Of Our Favourite Words

by Albert Jack
language: english
Publisher: Random House, November of 2011 ‧
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Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? This title collects over 500 of the strangest, and funniest-sounding words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins.

It'S A Wonderful Word

The Real Origins Of Our Favourite Words

by Albert Jack

Property Description
ISBN: 9781446456095
Publisher: Random House
Release Date: November of 2011
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Fiction > Linguistics and Philology
EAN: 9781446456095
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