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Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary
Gallimaufry A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary
Author: Michael Quinion
When did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? Do you know the origin of the expression tin-horn gambler? Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry, Michael Quinion has gathered together hundreds of fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199551026
ISBN-10: 0199551022
Publication Date: 4/2/2009
Pages: 288
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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