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
... sense of ' a covering ' was borrowed into English in the 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 ...
... sense of ' a covering ' was borrowed into English in the 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 ...
Page 198
... sense became obsolete in the second half of the sixteenth century . denoted In the fifteenth century trayne ' that part of a dress or robe that trails along the ground behind the wearer ' . The wearing of a train was originally a ...
... sense became obsolete in the second half of the sixteenth century . denoted In the fifteenth century trayne ' that part of a dress or robe that trails along the ground behind the wearer ' . The wearing of a train was originally a ...
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... sense which is still current . In English slim also meant ' slight , slender ' , a notion doubtless derived from this latter sense of ' meagre , insubstantial ' , and , with fashion swinging towards the lean look in the twentieth ...
... sense which is still current . In English slim also meant ' slight , slender ' , a notion doubtless derived from this latter sense of ' meagre , insubstantial ' , and , with fashion swinging towards the lean look in the twentieth ...
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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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