English 1200—Introduction to Linguistics/Study of Language

36. Clipper - Comes from the old English word 'clip', meaning to run, or fly swiftly. Page 45. Other non nautical terms in common usage. 159. A good 'Guy An old English reference to Guy Fawkes Day. Guy Fawkes was a renegade who plotted to blow up the English Parliament by setting off barrels of gunpowder hidden below their chambers in the cellar. ................
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