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Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The Military Origin of Everyday Words and Phrases by Graeme Donald

Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The Military Origin of Everyday Words and Phrases

Graeme Donald

272 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history reference informative slow-paced
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Did you know they started 'hearing through the grapevine' during the American Civil War? It was a reference to the telegraph lines used for communicating with the army. These looked like twisted grapevines. And why does the phrase now suggest unre...

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