It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words - Albert Jack - Books - Cornerstone - 9780099562320 - July 5, 2012
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It's a Wonderful Word: The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words

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Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? This title collects over 500 of the strangest, and funniest-sounding words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins.

288 pages, Illustrations

Media Books     Paperback Book   (Book with soft cover and glued back)
Released July 5, 2012
ISBN13 9780099562320
Publishers Cornerstone
Pages 288
Dimensions 130 × 198 × 19 mm   ·   212 g
Language English  

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