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Never Drink a Molotov Cocktail: The Names Within Well-Known Expressions
Never Drink a Molotov Cocktail The Names Within WellKnown Expressions
Author: Andrew Sholl
Why is a button-down sweater called a cardigan? Who is the fair Madeleine behind Proust's fables cakes? Why was a man named Franz Anton Mesmer so hypnotic? — Many of the most common works and expressions in our language have their origins in a name. Mayonnaise is named after a 1756 French victory at Mahon in Minorca; sandwiches after one of t...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780760758281
ISBN-10: 076075828X
Publication Date: 2003
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Book Type: Hardcover
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