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      The Little Book of Lost Words: Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 87 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting

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      The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history''s best words.

      This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving t...

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      Product ID:9780399582677
      Product Form:Hardback
      Country of Manufacture:CN
      Title:The Little Book of Lost Words
      Subtitle:Collywobbles, Snollygosters, and 87 Other Surprisingly Useful Terms Worth Resurrecting
      Authors:Author: Joe Gillard
      Page Count:192
      Subjects:Humour, Humour
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      The founder of History Hustle presents a handy guide for expressing yourself with history''s best words.

      This collection features scores of unique words from history that deal with surprisingly modern issues like sleeping in and procrastination--proving that some things never change! The Little Book of Lost Words presents each term that''s ready to be brought back into modern-day use, complete with definition, hilarious sample sentence, and cheeky historical art. You''ll learn new words for the cozy room where you like to Netflix and chill (snuggery), for a dishonest politician (snollygoster), and for a young person who sleeps through the day and doesn''t work (dewdropper). If you like Lost in Translation, Shakespeare Insult Generator, Drunk History, and Roald Dahl--and you delight in the way words like blatteroon and flapdoodle roll off the tongue--then you''re the word lover this book was written for. Want to know what a fizgig or groke is? Read this book!
      Imprint Name:Ten Speed Press
      Publisher Name:Ten Speed Press
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2019-09-03

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      Weight370 g
      Dimensions135 × 186 × 22 mm