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PE

1584 P3

LIBRARY

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ

Folk-Etymology.

FOLK-ETYMOLOGY;

A

DICTIONARY

OF

VERBAL CORRUPTIONS OR WORDS PERVERTED IN FORM
OR MEANING, BY FALSE DERIVATION OR

CURATE OF STAINES; LATE SCHOLAR OF TRINITY COLLEGE, DUBLIN; AUTHOR OF "LEAVES
FROM A WORD-HUNTER'S NOTE-BOOK

NEW YORK

HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

1890