The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World by Adam Jacot de Boinod
The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World

Adam Jacot de Boinod

The Meaning of Tingo and Other Extraordinary Words from Around the World

Adam Jacot de Boinod

209 pages first pub 1999 (view editions)

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Did you know that people in Indonesia have a word that means to take off your clothes in order to dance'? Or how many words the Albanians have for eyebrows and moustaches? Or the Dutch word for skimming stones is plimpplamppletteren? is arranged b...

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