Dunces, Gourmands and Petticoats

Dunces, Gourmands and Petticoats

1,300 Words Whose Meanings Have Changed Through the Ages

by Adrian Room

292 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780844209210
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'Dunces, Gourmands, and Petticoats' is your guide to the fascinating shifts of meaning that lie hidden behind modern English words - how bully once meant 'darling', for example, and a 'petticoat' was a garment worn by men. It includes - more than 1,300 en

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