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Is there any Romanic animal with Germanic meat in the English language? The rabbit coney example doesn't work because both words actually have Romance origins - "coney" comes from Old French "conil" (not Old English), and "rabbit" possibly from Middle Dutch We're looking for animals with Romance names whose meat has Germanic names
What do you call the male equivalent to Cougar (woman)? What is the male equivalent to the term quot;cougar quot;? Clarifying The term quot;cougar quot; describes an older woman seeking younger men So a male equivalent would be an older man seek
What is the origin of the expression close, but no cigar? Coney Island offered many such games in the early 1900s Most people did not win a prize; for them, the carnival barker would declare: “Close, but no cigar!” “Close, but no cigar!” is cited in print from at least 1929, but the cigar-prize existed since at least the early 1900s
Origin of the expression being cagey about something Later that year, cagey again shows up in a boxing context The Morning Herald of November 1, 1892 has report on "Choynski The Victor: He Knocks Godfrey Out in Fifteen Rounds" at Coney Island on 31st October: Round Eleven— From the cagey manner in which this round was there was every indication that it would prove a long battle
Origin of the phrase Now were cooking with "Coney Island" became a word in the University of Chicago's new dictionary, but terms like "now you're cooking with gas" and "that ain't the way I heard it", used by the people who frequent Coney Island continued to confuse word experts It was used in a 1942 film, The Big Street: Florida Doctor: Did you ever hear of a thing called paranoia?
Etymology and distinction between pottage and potage 1973 C A Wilson Food Drink in Brit vi 206 ‘Bukkenade’ was another meat pottage for veal, kid, hen or coney It was seasoned with herbs and spices, thickened with egg yolks, and sometimes sharpened with a little verjuice or vinegar
Word for something which isnt what it seems to be I recently started learning French and am confused by its pronunciations The main problem being that the words never seem to sound the way they're written - isn't what it seems to be! (I know Engl