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Show . . , v Origin of Familiar Words Some of our words owe their present pres-ent form to the mistakes of our forefathers. fore-fathers. A belfry, which originally hud nothing to do with a bell, is correctly cor-rectly a belfry, 1. e., a watch tower. A certain kind of apple used to be known as a costard, and a dealer In this fruit as a coetardmonger, and later on as a costermonger. Stmllurly, a grocer wns orlglnajly uu engrosser or a dealer in grogs, while a butcher was a hoclier or killer of goats. London Mall. |