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From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover.

Word Drops A Sprinkling of Linguistic

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      Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9780826356567, 978-0826356567
      ISBN10: 0826356567
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      Book Synopsis
      From aardvark to zenzizenzizenzic, Word Drops collects a thousand obscure words and language facts in one fascinating chain of word associations. Word Drops also uses an intriguing series of annotations to add background and historical context on everything from Anglo-Saxon cures for insanity to Samuel Pepys’s cure for a hangover.

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