Comments on Etymology
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1. GERALD COHEN: Origin of shyster revisited: issue of the identity of Cornelius W. Terhune ..................................... 2
For reference: Summary of the 'shyster' story: 'Professor Spends 6 Years Discovering Origin of Word' (Rolla Daily News, August 1, 1984) .................................... 5
2. GERALD COHEN: Drub 'beat severely'- correctly suspected to derive from Arabic, but let's specify it derives from the past participle madrub, not the past tense <;daraba. ...........................11
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(2022)
"Comments on Etymology, Volume 51, Issue 7,"
Comments on Etymology: Vol. 51:
Iss.
7, Article 1.
Available at:
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/coe/vol51/iss7/1