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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary Book

This entertaining book looks at words which have vanished from current English and offers fascinating insights into the lives and beliefs of the past from an unexpected angle. Each chapter looks at how the words we no longer use reflect how life has changed in that area, from food we no longer eat to clothes we no longer wear.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    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...

  • 0199551022
  • 9780199551026
  • Michael Quinion
  • 11 September 2008
  • OUP Oxford
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 288
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