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Example sentences for: jingo
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Permit me a few observations on Don Webb's addendum [XVII, 2] to Harry Cohen's “Jingo Lingo” [XVI, 4].
origin of infra dig, take the cake, blackball, sand hog, Dutch courage, hoodlum(ism), horse latitudes, flotsam, jetsam, apple-pie bed/apple-pie order, jingo
For those words of doubtful origin (like dive `disreputable bar,' jingo, rag `taunt,' toy , etc.), Ayto presents the current wisdom, where available, and lets the user decide for himself from among the theories proffered.
I'd like to add a word to Harry Cohen's delightful list in “Jingo Lingo” [XVI, 4].
My suspicions aroused, I found that a number of entries had neither a nautical origin nor, perceivably, any nautical connection: jingo , offered as probably a Basque word, acquires a nautical connection because Basques were among the earliest organised whalers in Europe, and as harpooners their expressions would have carried some weight with other seafarers.