Gallimaufry : a hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary
Quinion, Michael2008
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Place reservation for Gallimaufry : a hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabularyThis title looks at words which have vanished from the English language and offers 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.
Main title:
Gallimaufry : a hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary / Michael Quinion.
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Imprint:
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Collation:
288 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2006.
ISBN:
9780199551026 (pbk)
Dewey class:
422422
Local class:
422LANGUAGE- ENGLISH 422
Language:
English
BRN:
1192697
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