Tracing the history and origins of the steeplejack trade in Britain

Contains alphabetically arranged entries that explore the origin, evolution, and social history of over three thousand English language words.

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A teenage woman steeplejack is asked to investigate the murder of her apprentice amongst a community of varied cultures and political stances.

This etymological dictionary gives the origins of some 20,000 items from the modern English vocabulary, discussing them in groups that make clear the connections between words derived by a variety of routes from originally common stock. As well as giving the answers to questions about the derivation of individual words, it is a fascinating book to browse through, and includes extensive lists of prefixes, suffixes, and elements used in the creation of new vocabulary.

The life and times of a Steeplejack in 1980s England