A Christmas Carol Based on the story by Charles Dickens

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A Christmas Carol Based on the story by Charles
Dickens

• Word Origins

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Did you know?

• Dickens Christmas Carol created a new noun A
  Scrooge has come to refer to anyone who is
  ill-tempered or unhappy.
• Many other words in our language have originated
  form the proper names of people.

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Boycott

• To refuse to deal with a person or a group.
• Named for Charles Boycott (1832-1897), a land
  agent ostracized by Irish tenants for his harsh
  treatment

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Braille

• A system of printing text in raised dots for the
  blind
• Invented by Louis Braille (1809-1852), a blind
  Frenchman

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Derby

• One of several annual horse races
• Named for twelfth Earl of Derby, who started the
  Epsom derby in 1780

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Derrick

• Machine for hoisting
• Named for Derrick, surname of a 17th-century
  English Hangman
• Word originally referred to hangman or gallows

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Guillotine

• Machine for beheading
• Invented by Joseph Guillotine (1738-1814)
• French physician, as a less painful form of
  execution

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Mackintosh

• Lightweight raincoat
• Named for Charles Macintosh (1766-1843)
• a Scottish Chemist who invented rubberized
  cotton used in these raincoats

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Sandwich

• Slices of bread filled with meat and cheese, etc.
• Named for the fourth Earl of Sandwich
  (1718-1792), said to have asked for such a meal

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Shrapnel

• Shell containing lead fragments that explode
• Invented by English general Henry Shrapnel
  (1761-1842)

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Silhouette

• Outline of figure filled in solid with color
• Named for Etienne de Silhouette (1709-1767)
  French finance minister known for petty economics

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Watt

• Standard unit of power
• Named for James Watt (1736-1819) Scottish
  engineer who refined the steam engine