02399nam 2200649Ia 450 991044975860332120211008183852.01-280-44197-60-19-989111-70-19-802538-61-60256-018-8(CKB)1000000000214969(OCoLC)49353650(CaPaEBR)ebrary10142372(SSID)ssj0000282278(PQKBManifestationID)11273186(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282278(PQKBWorkID)10316804(PQKB)10782027(StDuBDS)EDZ0000171492(MiAaPQ)EBC3052070(Au-PeEL)EBL3052070(CaPaEBR)ebr10142372(CaONFJC)MIL44197(OCoLC)922952763(EXLCZ)99100000000021496919960701d1997 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrA new dictionary of eponyms[electronic resource] /Morton S. FreemanNew York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (297 p.)Oxford paperback reference A new dictionary of eponymsBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-19-509354-2 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284).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 ground beef. There are hundreds more - discover to whom we owe the terms hooker, sideburn, zeppelin, the cardigan sweater, pamphlet, robot, and argyle socks.Oxford paperback reference.English languageEponymsDictionariesNames, PersonalDictionariesBiographyDictionariesElectronic books.English languageEponymsNames, PersonalBiography423/.1Freeman Morton S1029292MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910449758603321A new dictionary of eponyms2445610UNINA