226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1982 this illustrated dictionary gives the stories behind over 700 well-known brand names, from home medicines to everyday foods and drinks and from High Street stores to car and aircraft models. Here the reader will find the origin of Bovril, the meaning of Mazda cars and how it came about that Marks & Spencer chose St. Michael, rather than St. Margaret, as their trading... Read more
Introduction. Arrangement of the Entries. Dictionary. Appendix 1: Letters and Suffixes Appendix 2: Computer-Devised Names Appendix 3: Unexplained Names. Bibliography.
Biography
Adrian Room (1933–2011)
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