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Friday, April 3, 2015

Words in History

 
 
Interesting Words Used in History
 
 
  • Cit- a young and inexperienced girl, who wishes to make an advantageous marriage
 
  • Love juices- drink that is served at breakfast the morning after a romance interlude
 
  • Villain- medieval agricultural laborer
 
  • Boar- chatterbox, airhead especially used about men
 
  • Manroot- carrot-shaped vegetable, reddish-purple.  Becomes straighter when grown in the vicinity of Mounds.

1 comment:

troutbirder said...

Most interesting blog. I love history and well written historical fiction....:)