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Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea - Hardcover

Jeans, Peter D.

 
9780874367171: Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea

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An entertaining and informative work that illustrates the debt our idiomatic language owes to the nautical language of the past. A variety of words, sayings, and figures of speech are explained in alphabetically organized entries that also show how the nautical language has evolved into common usage. Four appendices trace related terms, and an annotated bibliography identifies key source materials. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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