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Title: HAGGARD HAWKS AND PALTRY POLTROONS
THE ORIGINS OF ENGLISH IN TEN WORDS
By: Paul Anthony Jones
Format: Hardback

List price: £9.99


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ISBN 10: 147210806X
ISBN 13: 9781472108067
Publisher: LITTLE, BROWN BOOK GROUP
Pub. date: 17 October, 2013
Pages: 288
Description: An intriguing etymological tour through British history, cataloguing the varied roots of the English language.
Synopsis: What do the following ten words all have in common - haggard, mews, codger, arouse, musket, poltroon, gorge, allure, pounce and turn-tail? All fairly familiar and straightforward words, after a little digging into their histories it turns out that all of them derive from falconry: the adjective haggard described an adult falcon captured from the wild; mews were the enclosures hawks were kept in whilst moulting; codger is thought to come from 'cadger', the member of a hunting party who carried the birds' perches, and so on.This, essentially, is what Ten Words is all about - the book collects together hundreds of the most intriguing, surprising and little known histories and etymologies of a whole host of English words. From ancient place names to unusual languages, and obscure professions to military slang, this is a fascinating treasure trove of linguistic facts.
Publication: UK
Imprint: Constable
Returns: Returnable
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