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Bill Beavis | Richard McCloskey

Salty Dog Talk

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Product details

  • ISBN 9781472907981
  • Weight: 89g
  • Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
  • Publication Date: 09 Oct 2014
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description

Most of us never realise 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 - colourful, bizarre and surprising - and how they came ashore.
About Bill Beavis | Richard G. McCloskey | Richard McCloskey
Bill Beavis was a seaman turned journalist who had long been interested in nautical etymology. He died a number of years ago. Richard McCloskey is a distinguished American marine historian.