Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary by Michael Quinion

Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary

Michael Quinion

272 pages first pub 2006 (view editions)

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When did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? What was the original paraphernalia? Would you wear a billycock? Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our Vocabulary Michael Quinion has gathe...

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