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English language -- Etymology.
Naval art and science -- Terminology.
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Salty dog talk : the...
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Salty dog talk : the nautical origins of everyday expressions / Bill Beavis & Richard G. McCloskey.
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Beavis, Bill, author.
London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2014.
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English language -- Etymology.
Naval art and science -- Terminology.
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9781472907981 (pbk.)
1472907981 (pbk.)
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96 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm
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Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases-colorful, bizarre and surprising-and how they came ashore.
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