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A new dictionary of eponyms / Morton S. Freeman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Freeman, Morton S.
- Series:
- Oxford paperback reference.
- Oxford quick reference.
- Oxford paperback reference
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Eponyms--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- Names, Personal--Dictionaries.
- Names, Personal.
- Biography--Dictionaries.
- Biography.
- Genre:
- Subject dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Eponyms.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This dictionary features the entertaining histories behind hundreds of eponyms, such as bowdlerize (from the censorious Thomas Bowdler), bikini from the atoll, and the Salisbury steak, a dish of hamburger and brown gravy named after James H. Salisbury, an English physician who promoted a diet of ground beef. There are hundreds more - discover to whom we owe the terms hooker, sideburn, zeppelin, the cardigan sweater, pamphlet, robot, and argyle socks.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Foreword
- Preface
- A New Dictionary of Eponyms
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Bibliography.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284).
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781280441974
- 1280441976
- 9780199891115
- 0199891117
- 9780198025382
- 0198025386
- 9781602560185
- 1602560188
- OCLC:
- 49353650
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