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‘Origin Unknown’: Pursuing Some Hold-Outs in the Oxford English Dictionary

2016/02/23 by William Sayers · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · #Lexicography and Language Studies #Linguistics, Language Diversity, and Identity #Translation Studies and Practices

paper · doi:10.1080/00393274.2016.1150787

openalex publication_date 2016/02/23 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30

Abstract

The clutch of words examined below (escrow, gusset, ha-ha, inkling, loop, skirmish, skittish, squeamish, storey, truck, wainscot), which have no inherent affiliation, and are gathered only to illus...

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