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An Ocean of Words: A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases
An Ocean of Words A Dictionary of Nautical Words and Phrases
Author: Peter D. Jeans, Russ H. Shardlow (Illustrator)
From hardy Nantucket whalers to Elizabethan sea dogs, from grizzled fishermen in Nova Scotia to the crews of clipper ships, the men who made their living on the sea left as part of their legacy a remarkable contribution to the English language. An astonishing variety of words, sayings, and idiomatic expressions are explained in alphabetically or...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781559724500
ISBN-10: 1559724501
Publication Date: 1998
Pages: 180
Edition: 1st Carol Pub. Group
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Publisher: Birch Lane Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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