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Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
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Title: Carnal Knowledge: A Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, Etymology, and Trivia
Author: Charles Hodgson
ISBN: 9780312371210
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 272
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:
-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe? A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.
Author: Charles Hodgson
ISBN: 9780312371210
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Number of Pages: 272
Condition Note: Excellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.
Publisher Description:
From head to toe to breast to behind, Charles Hodgson's Carnal Knowledge is a delightfully intoxicating tour of the words we use to describe our bodies. Did you know:
-eye is one of the oldest written words in the English language?-callipygian means "having beautiful buttocks"?
-gam, a slang word for "leg," comes from the French word jambe? A treat for anyone who gets a kick out of words, Carnal Knowledge is also the perfect gift for anyone interested in the human body and the many (many, many) ways it's been described.
