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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Page 123
... second half of the fifteenth century . It is possible that sailors sometimes used the word to denote ' a tarpaulin ' , a protective canvas used to cover a load or a boat . But ' deck ' in its nautical sense belongs to the period of ...
... second half of the fifteenth century . It is possible that sailors sometimes used the word to denote ' a tarpaulin ' , a protective canvas used to cover a load or a boat . But ' deck ' in its nautical sense belongs to the period of ...
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... SECOND PART OF KING HENRY IV dates from around 1597 . Within three years the amended expression had been borrowed by another playwright , John Day , and by the second half of the seventeenth century was the acknowledged form : They ...
... SECOND PART OF KING HENRY IV dates from around 1597 . Within three years the amended expression had been borrowed by another playwright , John Day , and by the second half of the seventeenth century was the acknowledged form : They ...
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... half of the nineteenth century , the adjective was taken up by farriers to ... second element of pineapple because pine cones contain edible kernels whose ... second half of the seventeenth century , about the time that the first ...
... half of the nineteenth century , the adjective was taken up by farriers to ... second element of pineapple because pine cones contain edible kernels whose ... second half of the seventeenth century , about the time that the first ...
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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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