Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
Author:   Bill Beavis ,  Richard McCloskey
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Edition:   Reissue
ISBN:  

9781472907981


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   09 October 2014
Format:   Paperback
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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions


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Most of us never realise how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases - colourful, bizarre and surprising - and how they came ashore.

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Author:   Bill Beavis ,  Richard McCloskey
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Adlard Coles Nautical
Edition:   Reissue
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 0.70cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.089kg
ISBN:  

9781472907981


ISBN 10:   1472907981
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   09 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   To order   Availability explained
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?The book is sprinkled with the delightful cartoons of Beavis, a seaman turned journalist.?


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Bill Beavis was a seaman turned journalist who had long been interested in nautical etymology. He died a number of years ago. Richard McCloskey is a distinguished American marine historian.

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