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Pages: 312
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Categories: English language
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What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' really derive from an old Persian custom of giving the happy couple mead, a ho
Why is Q Always Followed by U?
Language: en
Pages: 315
Authors: Michael Quinion
Categories: Humor
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-07-02 - Publisher: Penguin UK

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Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of Port Out, Starboard Home, Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing
Word Myths
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: David Wilton
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008-11-06 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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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'
Starboard and Port
Language: en
Pages: 262
Authors: George Hughes Hepworth
Categories: Canada
Type: BOOK - Published: 1876 - Publisher: New York : Harper

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Tales of St. Austin's
Language: en
Pages: 184
Authors: P. G. Wodehouse
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-05-27 - Publisher:

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Tales of St. Austin's is a collection of short stories and essays, all with a school theme, by P. G. Wodehouse. It was first published on 10 November 1903 by Ad