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Salty Dog Talk : The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions, Paperback / softback Book

Salty Dog Talk : The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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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.

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