Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea /
Jeans, Peter D.
Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea / Peter D. Jeans. - Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2004 - xxi, 433 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-383)
Is a chronicle of the sailing men who made an enduring contribution to the English language. Contains various phrases and expressions which are used by the fishermen/sailors like peepers, to turn turtle, sundowner, to come in with flying colors, blowhard, to be taken aback, to come adrift, beachcomber, to lose one's bearings, to blow over, fensing, mutiny, marooned, and " Davy vJones 's Locker etc..
0-07-144027-5
English language
English language
Naval art and science
Sailors
Seafaring life -- Dictionaries.
PE 1583 / .J346 2004
Ship to shore : a dictionary of everyday words and phrases derived from the sea / Peter D. Jeans. - Camden, Me. : International Marine/McGraw-Hill, 2004 - xxi, 433 p. : ill. 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 379-383)
Is a chronicle of the sailing men who made an enduring contribution to the English language. Contains various phrases and expressions which are used by the fishermen/sailors like peepers, to turn turtle, sundowner, to come in with flying colors, blowhard, to be taken aback, to come adrift, beachcomber, to lose one's bearings, to blow over, fensing, mutiny, marooned, and " Davy vJones 's Locker etc..
0-07-144027-5
English language
English language
Naval art and science
Sailors
Seafaring life -- Dictionaries.
PE 1583 / .J346 2004
