Picturesque Expressions: A Thematic DictionaryGale Research Company, 1985 - 770 páginas |
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... coined by the American cartoonist Billy deBeck , the creator of the comic strip Barney Google . It is apparently a coined nonsense word . The word caught on however , and in 1926 , Louis Arm- strong recorded a pop song entitled Heeby ...
... coined by the American cartoonist Billy deBeck , the creator of the comic strip Barney Google . It is apparently a coined nonsense word . The word caught on however , and in 1926 , Louis Arm- strong recorded a pop song entitled Heeby ...
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... coined in the world of technology to describe those words that specialists used to impress the general public , or , as was frequently the case , to complicate an issue to such a de- gree as to befuddle the general public . In recent ...
... coined in the world of technology to describe those words that specialists used to impress the general public , or , as was frequently the case , to complicate an issue to such a de- gree as to befuddle the general public . In recent ...
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... coined during the 1960s to denote a member of the Jesus Revolution , a reli- gious movement popular with many young people , especially those who were radical or anti - institutional . Their pur- pose was to re - establish traditional ...
... coined during the 1960s to denote a member of the Jesus Revolution , a reli- gious movement popular with many young people , especially those who were radical or anti - institutional . Their pur- pose was to re - establish traditional ...
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Picturesque Expressions | 45 |
CONSTANCY | 140 |
COOPERATION | 146 |
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Términos y frases comunes
19th century allusion American expression American slang expression another's Anthony Trollope applied ball became blue Briticism British expression called Charles Dickens coined colloquial common commonly connotation contexts dead describe drink early 19th century England English especially expres expression alludes expression dates expression is derived expression refers figurative sense Frederick Marryat French frequently give hand hang head heard today hence horse implies indicate John John Heywood Jonathan Swift King least literal Lord meaning ment ness night nose obsolete one's oneself onym origin P. G. Wodehouse person phrase plausible play player political popular practice pression probably proverb related term Samuel Butler Shakespeare sion Sir Walter Scott situation slang term someone someone's thing Thomas tion tive Tyburn usage usually variant verb Webster's Third William word World War II