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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 368 páginas
PVP: 13,00 €
ISBN 978-0-14-103924-4
EAN 9780141039244
Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of "Port Out", "Starboard Home", Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions he's been asked about language over the years. Sent to him by enquiring readers from all around the globe, Michael's answers about the meanings and histories behind the quirky phrases, ...
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Libro encuadernado en tapa blanda · 304 páginas
PVP: 12,65 €
ISBN 978-0-14-101223-0
EAN 9780141012230
Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever people meet. ...
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