Salty dog talk : the nautical origins of everyday expressions
Beavis, Bill2002
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Place reservation for Salty dog talk : the nautical origins of everyday expressionsMost of us never realise how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases and how they came ashore.
Main title:
Salty dog talk : the nautical origins of everyday expressions / Bill Beavis and Richard G. McCloskey.
Imprint:
London : Adlard Coles Nautical, 2002.
Collation:
96 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: London: Adlard Coles, 1983.
ISBN:
9780713664003 (pbk)
Dewey class:
422422
Local class:
422
Language:
English
BRN:
1370366
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