02977nam 2200805Ia 450 991095535100332120251116152145.097812804419741280441976978019989111501998911179780198025382019802538697816025601851602560188(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(MiAaPQ)EBC270884(Au-PeEL)EBL270884(OCoLC)826492465(EXLCZ)99100000000021496919960701d1997 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierA new dictionary of eponyms /Morton S. Freeman1st ed.New York Oxford University Press19971 online resource (297 pages)Oxford paperback referenceOxford quick reference.Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph9780195093544 0195093542 Includes bibliographical references (p. 281-284).Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- A New Dictionary of Eponyms -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Bibliography.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.Oxford quick reference.Eponyms.English languageEponymsDictionariesNames, PersonalDictionariesBiographyDictionariesSubject dictionaries.lcgftEnglish languageEponymsNames, PersonalBiography423/.1Freeman Morton S1859147MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910955351003321A new dictionary of eponyms4462635UNINA