Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat
- Covers not only the Royal Navy, but US and Commonwealth navies as well.
- Entries are divided thematically.
- Specially commissioned black line artwork.
- Follows in Conway's extremely popular pocket-book series.
'As the crow flies'',''cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey''- many terms like these are used in everyday English language conversation and writing. But how many know that they derive from naval slang or know what the phrase originally referred to? The naval community once had its own language,incomprehensible to anyone who was not a sailor,which described and explained his unique world. But on shore leave these men introduced their language to the populations of bustling ports and harbours and the usage slowly spread inland. This is a compilation of naval slang throughout the world,from terms on ship-handling & seamanship through to food,drink,discipline and insults.
Published: 20/08/2008
Length: 144pages
Illustration note: 70 illustrations
ISBN: 9781844860739
Dimensions: 120 x 180mm
