cow-dust hour n. dusk, twilight, or the end of the working day. Also cow-dust time. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
cow-dust hour n. dusk, twilight, or the end of the working day. Also cow-dust time. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
What’s up with ketchup? The shifting history and spelling of the name of this condiment. For centuries, ketchup was a fishy sauce originating in Asia—the tomatoes came only later! Plus, a new book shows what’s lost when a language dies: when there...
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