Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings

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PHRASES AND NAMES
THEIR ORIGINS AND
MEANINGS
TRENCH H. JOHNSON
“ How did such and such a country, city, town, street, river, natural curiosity, or world-renowned edifice obtain its name? Whence arose a particular sobriquet, nickname, byword, epithet, or slang term? What was the origin of the thousand-and-one phrases and expressions engrafted upon our vocabulary which would appear to have no meaning whatever? These things are worthy of investigation. ”
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J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
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T. WERNER LAURIE