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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... person in Germany worked out how to do wire drawing , making possible the mass production of pins . Nobody knows precisely who invented spectacle lenses ( we deal with the story under Roger Bacon in 1268 , see page 68 ) , but so ...
... person in Germany worked out how to do wire drawing , making possible the mass production of pins . Nobody knows precisely who invented spectacle lenses ( we deal with the story under Roger Bacon in 1268 , see page 68 ) , but so ...
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... person coming from good stock or farming stock , for instance . Since a tree trunk is a hefty piece of wood , stock ... person in the 1670s . In the sixteenth century , stock was used in a large number of compounds such as jesting ...
... person coming from good stock or farming stock , for instance . Since a tree trunk is a hefty piece of wood , stock ... person in the 1670s . In the sixteenth century , stock was used in a large number of compounds such as jesting ...
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... person . Since squatting is hardly a comfortable position of permanence , American English derived the term squatter in the late eighteenth century to mean ' a person who claims land for which he has no legal title ' . The use of ...
... person . Since squatting is hardly a comfortable position of permanence , American English derived the term squatter in the late eighteenth century to mean ' a person who claims land for which he has no legal title ' . The use of ...
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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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