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Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings

Chapter 1: PHRASES AND NAMES THEIR ORIGINS AND MEANINGS
By Trench H. Johnson
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This work is an alphabetical encyclopedic compilation that explains the origins and meanings of place names, personal names, phrases, slang, and popular expressions. Brief factual entries draw on etymology, historical anecdotes, literary and biblical allusions, and contemporary usages to trace how words, nicknames, streets, and terms arose. It emphasizes clarity and brevity, includes Americanisms and slang alongside classical and local derivations, and collects footnotes at chapter ends to document sources and variant explanations.

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Title: Phrases and Names, Their Origins and Meanings

Author: Trench H. Johnson

Release date: May 3, 2017 [eBook #54657]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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PHRASES AND NAMES
THEIR ORIGINS AND
MEANINGS

PHRASES AND NAMES
THEIR ORIGINS AND
MEANINGS
BY
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.”

PHILADELPHIA
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
LONDON
T. WERNER LAURIE