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Pages: 234
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Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-10-10 - Publisher: Routledge

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This is an etymological study of the origins of the word kibosh, which has long been one of the great mysteries of the English language. Unconvincing derivation
Word Origins And How We Know Them
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Pages: 336
Authors: Anatoly Liberman
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-04-13 - Publisher: Oxford University Press

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Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymo
How the Irish Invented Slang
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Daniel Cassidy
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2007 - Publisher: AK Press

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Cassidy presents a history of the Irish influence on American slang in a colourful romp through the slums, the gangs of New York and the elaborate scams of grif
Word by Word
Language: en
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Authors: Kory Stamper
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“We think of English as a fortress to be defended, but a better analogy is to think of English as a child. We love and nurture it into being, and once it gain
A Dictionary of Cork Slang
Language: en
Pages: 134
Authors: Seán Beecher
Categories: Foreign Language Study
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This is a collection of those words, not usually found in dictionaries, but which give colour, vigour, and individuality to a language. Each word is explained,