The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of EnglishKyle Cathie, 1999 - 269 pages "Throughout history, events great and small have left their mark on the way we speak. Starting from 1066 and working through to the modern-day green movement, with a nod towards the invention of playing cards, the California Gold Rush and the first recorded blizzard along the way, The Chronology of Words and Phrases links hundreds of words and phrases with the historical upheavals and minor social changes which gave them life. A words book for historians and a history book for wordsmiths, it will have pride of place in any book lover's collection." --Book Jacket. |
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... Old English stær ' a starling ' , and was descriptive of coins struck in the time of Edward the Confessor which had four birds on them . A more satisfactory explanation is found in steorling , an unattested late Old English term which ...
... Old English stær ' a starling ' , and was descriptive of coins struck in the time of Edward the Confessor which had four birds on them . A more satisfactory explanation is found in steorling , an unattested late Old English term which ...
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... Old English word for ' a privy ' which became obsolete in the sixteenth century , while farmer , derived from an Old English verb , meant ' one who cleanses ' ) . Town authorities required that timber - lined cesspits be dug at least 5 ...
... Old English word for ' a privy ' which became obsolete in the sixteenth century , while farmer , derived from an Old English verb , meant ' one who cleanses ' ) . Town authorities required that timber - lined cesspits be dug at least 5 ...
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... old maid ' which , by the nineteenth century , was firmly established : When the spinster aunt got ' matrimony ' the young ladies laughed afresh . ( Charles Dickens , THE PICKWICK ... Old English derived the noun scytel , which 1331 77.
... old maid ' which , by the nineteenth century , was firmly established : When the spinster aunt got ' matrimony ' the young ladies laughed afresh . ( Charles Dickens , THE PICKWICK ... Old English derived the noun scytel , which 1331 77.
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The Chronology of Words and Phrases: A Thousand Years in the History of English Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell No preview available - 2001 |
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