Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage

by Martin Robson

Book Overview

This book explores the nautical history of some of our most common expressions in an entertaining and informative volume.

As the crow flies'', ''chunder'', ''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey'', ''three sheets to the wind'' - many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many landlubbers know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originally referred...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472834208
• ISBN13: 9781472834201
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 4.9" x 7.9"