New Dictionary of Eponyms.
This dictionary features the entertaining histories behind hundreds of eponyms, such as bowdlerize (from the censorious Thomas Bowdler), bikini from the atoll, and the Salisbury steak, a dish of hamburger and brown gravy named after James H. Salisbury, an English physician who promoted a diet of gro...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Autor principal: | Freeman, Morton S. |
Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford University Press, Incorporated,
1997.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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