Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

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.

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.

• | Author: Bill Beavis, Richard McCloskey
• | Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• | Publication Date: Oct 09, 2014
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• | Binding: Paperback / softback
• | ISBN-13: 9781472907981
• | ISBN-10: 1472907981