Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions - Bill Beavis; Richard McCloskey (Paperback) 09-10-2014

Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions - Bill Beavis; Richard McCloskey (Paperback) 09-10-2014

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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 -