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Gallimaufry A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary

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ISBN-10: 0199551022

ISBN-13: 9780199551026

Edition: 2008

Authors: Michael Quinion

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List price: $16.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 288
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Food and DrinkOf messes in pots
Sugar and spice and all things nice
Skilligalee and boiled babies
Fruits of grain and grapeBelow-stairs lifeHealth and Medicine
Potions and curatives
Caudles, cordials, and possets
The parlance of physicians
Diseases and conditions
Entertainment and Leisure
Games with cards
Games with things
Outdoor games
Invitation to a dance
The Food of LoveOf thimbleriggers and joculators
Natural Magic
Transport and Fashion
Your carriage awaits
Ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and things
Cloth of Ages
Wigs on the greenGet ahead, get a hat
Names, Employment and Communications
What's in a name?
Obscure occupations
The long and the short of it
Can you hear me, mother?
Going, going ... gone?
Epilogue
Words that never made it
Index of featured words