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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... began to evolve ( found early in Chaucer ) but is now only applied to ' an underground prison chamber ' . The archaic spelling donjon is reserved to denote ' a castle keep ' . • The English word keep began to be used for ' a donjon ...
... began to evolve ( found early in Chaucer ) but is now only applied to ' an underground prison chamber ' . The archaic spelling donjon is reserved to denote ' a castle keep ' . • The English word keep began to be used for ' a donjon ...
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... began around the end of the seventeenth century but became common during the nineteenth when even fish in captivity began to live in tanks . And with the advent of the internal | combustion engine , tank was , of course , applied to the ...
... began around the end of the seventeenth century but became common during the nineteenth when even fish in captivity began to live in tanks . And with the advent of the internal | combustion engine , tank was , of course , applied to the ...
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... began during the seventeenth century when gay began to be applied to fellows whose happy and carefree attitude manifested itself in a self - indulgent lifestyle . It is assumed that this sense of ' recklessly carefree ' was responsible ...
... began during the seventeenth century when gay began to be applied to fellows whose happy and carefree attitude manifested itself in a self - indulgent lifestyle . It is assumed that this sense of ' recklessly carefree ' was responsible ...
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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 |
Common terms and phrases
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