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240 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195172843
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 02 December 2004
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Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? Th...
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240 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195172843
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 02 December 2004
Description
Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? Th...
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