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Author
Jeans, Peter D.
Title
Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea / Peter D. Jeans ; illustrated by Ross H. Shardlow
Published
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, [1993]
©1993
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422.03 Jea/Sts
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Description
xxi, 425 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary
This book uncovers the nautical origins of words used in everyday speech
Analysis
English language Etymology
English language Figures of speech
English language Etymology
English language Figures of speech
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-383)
Notes
Also issued online
Subject
English language -- Terms and phrases.
English language -- Dictionaries.
English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.
Naval art and science -- Dictionaries.
Sailors -- Language -- Dictionaries.
Figures of speech.
Seafaring life -- Dictionaries.
Genre/Form
Dictionaries.
Author
Shardlow, R. H. (Ross H.)
LC no.
93028533
ISBN
0874367174 (alk. paper)
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