Feb 20, 2011 · 6 What is the origin of 'bootleg' ('bootlegger', 'bootlegging'), in the general sense of "illicit trade in liquor" (OED)? The Online Etymology Dictionary gives one possible origin, from 1889: As an …

Jul 23, 2024 · In The Complete Poems of Anna Akhmatova by Judith Hemschemeyer, we read: In this everyday gray dress, On rundown heels... I thought that "rundown" was a substantive and …

May 2, 2024 · A desire path (often referred to as a desire line in transportation planning), also known as a game trail, social trail, fishermen trail, herd path, cow path, elephant path, buffalo trace, goat track, …

Oct 18, 2012 · I suppose the large number of "in" prepositions in the phrase can be explained like this: in many languages, including Russian we use the preposition which can be translated into English as …

Aug 14, 2010 · What is the plural form of "status"? @bobobobo: Besides, there isn't a single word not ending in -ius whose plural ends in -ii (AFAIK). Something like statii could only be the plural of …

Dec 6, 2019 · I would call it a video screen capture. The Wikipedia article screencast says: A screencast is a digital recording of computer screen output, also known as a video screen capture, often …

1922 Bookman Mar. 23/2 Both go morris-dancing amuck on a case of bootleg liquor. 2003 B. Klähn in K. Stierstorfer Beyond Postmodernism 86 A sports-car pilot driving amok on a French coastal road.

Nov 16, 2018 · A 'couple' is two of something, typically two people or a matching set of things. But it seems like there is ambiguity over what 'a couple of' means. Dictionaries often claim that, 'a couple of'...

Feb 7, 2011 · Do the adjectives “reliable” and “dependable” have the same exact meaning? If not, what is the difference and when is best to use each of them?

May 3, 2011 · Where does the phrase "egg on my face" come from, and what is its meaning?