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  • Dave Wilton

Dave Wilton

24 Oct 2023 • 4 min read
Halloween
A Halloween jack o’ lantern

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B&W photo of three men pouring liquor into a sewer while a group of other men look on; all are wearing 1920s-era clothing

bootleg

19 January 2026 Bootleg marks a product that is either inferior or illicitly produced. But why bootleg and when did the term come into being? Literal use of bootleg to refer to the part of a boot that covers the lower leg dates to the sixteenth century. And it is
19 Jan 2026 3 min read
Painting of a 19th-century cavalry charge
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cardigan, raglan, & balaclava (paid)

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B&W photo of six men laugh and cheering and waving their hats in the air

enthusiasm / enthuse

16 January 2026 The meanings of words change over time. Sometimes words become more specialized; the Old English deor was used to refer to any kind of wild beast, but by the end of the thirteenth century had started to be used specifically to refer to the creature we now
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