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This dictionary offers the key to objects and rituals connected with the British country house. For example, it explains what a tweenie was, where you would find a crinkum-crankum wall, what a chesterfield is, how a clock jack would improve your dinner, what priest-holes were, and other matters.
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- PublisherJohn Murray
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 0719550750
- ISBN 13 9780719550751
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages342
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