Dictionary of Word Origins
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mbarrick
Dictionary of Word Origins
Joseph T. Shirpley, 1945
Littlefield, Adams & Company, US, 1964 edition
library “discard”. Spine ripped and reglued. Ex libris stamp on first leaf “Quamican Jr. Secondary” and inventory stamp on third leaf “1196”
And while I decided at the outset of this project not to include commentaries on the books, I could not resist including my favourite entry: “nun. see nincompoop.”
source: https://mbarrick.tumblr.com/post/690513798916964352
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