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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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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)