A wet hen” to “corn dodger” and “hobgoblin” Charles Funk’s collections of curious words and expressions are a treasure trove of word originIn a language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher English has hundreds of everyday words that originat.
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