Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Bill Beavis (Author), RichardG.McClosky (Author), RichardG.McCloskey (Author)

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  Paperback
  2002

  $3.25

  Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a nautical origin. This pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases - colourful, bizarre and surprising - and how they came ashore. They are arranged alphabetically for easy reference, and are illustrated with Bill Beavis's cartoons.