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James D. Nicoll

We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other anguages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

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line one's pockets

[line one's pockets] also [line one's purse] {v. phr.}, {informal} To get a lot of money unfairly; get rich by being dishonest. * /The policeman lined his pockets by taking […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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Living things grow and change, and so does language. One can readily recognize differences between Shakespeare's English and the English of modern authors, but present-day English is also growing and […] articlesbase.com

on occasion

[on occasion] {adv. phr.} Sometimes; occasionally. * /We go to New York on occasion./ * /On occasion we feel like celebrating and have a party./ Compare: [ONCE IN A WHILE], […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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"very informal usage in vocabulary and idiom that is characteristically more metaphorical, playful, elliptical, vivid and ephemeral than ordinary language" (Random House Unabridged Dictionary) - learn ~600 slang expressions

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an expression "whose meaning is not predictable from the usual meanings of its constituent elements… or from the general grammatical rules of a language"

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bring out

[bring out] {v.} 1. To cause to appear; make clear. * /His report brought out the foolishness of the plan./ * /Brushing […]

in the spotlight

[in the spotlight] {adv. phr.} In the center of attention, with everybody watching what one is doing. * /It must be […]

John Burton Brimer, writer

America is a place where Jewish merchants sell Zen love beads to agnostics for Christmas.

for hours on end

[for hours on end] {adv. phr.} For many hours; for a very long time. * /We have been trying to get this computer going for […]

master key

[master key] {n. phr.} A key that opens a set of different locks. * /The building janitor has a master key to all of the […]

Ed Howe

(1853-1937) U.S. journalist Everyone has something ancestral, even if it is nothing more than a disease.

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