Where Queen Elizabeth Slept and What the Butler Saw: A Treasury of Historical Terms from the Sixteenth Century to the Present

by David N. Durant

Book Overview

Who was a tweenie? How did an ice house work and where would you find a crinkum-crankum wall? What was a chesterfield for, or a Claude glass, and how did a clock jack improve your dinner? The answers... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312195699
• ISBN13: 9780312195694
• Release Date: July 1998
• Publisher: St. Martins Press-3PL
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.3"