It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words by Albert Jack
It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words

Albert Jack

It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words

Albert Jack

288 pages first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative medium-paced
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Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker?That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap?While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or l...

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