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Salt on the Tongue

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 October 2008

Bill Beavis
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Abstract

A great deal of vivid, everyday English dates from the heyday of the sailing ship. BILL BEAVIS, himself a sailor, gets cracking with some nautical word histories that might take you aback.

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English Today , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1985 , pp. 43 - 45
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1985

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