A new dictionary of eponyms

A new dictionary of eponyms Morton S. Freeman.

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...

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Main Author: Freeman, Morton S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Oxford paperback reference.
Oxford reference online premium.
Subjects:
Biography > Dictionaries.
English language > Eponyms > Dictionaries.
Names, Personal > Dictionaries.
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