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Life in the Country House: A Historical Dictionary
Life in the Country House A Historical Dictionary
Author: David N. Durant
This dictionary offers the key to objects and rituals connected with the British country house. For example, it explains what a tweenie was, where you would find a crinkum-crankum wall, what a chesterfield is, how a clock jack would improve your dinner, what priest-holes were, and other matters.
ISBN-13: 9780719554742
ISBN-10: 0719554748
Publication Date: 5/30/1997
Pages: 342
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Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
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