The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language Spy fiction Little ones can discover how

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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language Spy fiction Little ones can discover howFrom uhtceare in the hours before dawn through to dream drumbles at bedtime, The Horologicon gives you the extraordinary lost words you never knew you needed. Wake up feeling rough? Then youre philogrobolized. Pretending to work? Thats fudgelling (which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch). A Radio 4 Book of the Week, The Horologicon is an eye opening, page turning celebration of the English language at its most endearingly arcane.