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Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins
"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 backstor...
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Piggyback: Animal Words with No Animal Origins is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau. "Piggyback" has nothing to do with pigs! In fact, there are many seemingly animal-related...
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Published May 28, 2017, 32:12 long, audio available.
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