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Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins

Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases

English - May 28, 2017 15:18 - 32 minutes - 30 MB - ★★★★★ - 178 ratings
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"Piggyback" has nothing to do with pigs! In fact, there are many seemingly animal-related words and phrases in the English language that have nothing to do with animals at all! In today’s episode, I offer up the backstory to words such as piggyback, monkey wrench, round robin, and spelling bee.

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