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Essay:Surprising Dates of Origin for Terms (view source)

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|What was the prior greeting?  Is this surprisingly late date of origin due to the invention of the telephone?
 
|What was the prior greeting?  Is this surprisingly late date of origin due to the invention of the telephone?
 
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|John Hancock
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|landmark
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|1903
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|before 1100s
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|Why did it take more than a century for the famous signatory's name to become a colloquialism for "signature"?
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|Land was much more important in culture and the economy before the Information Age.
 
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|landlord
 
|landlord
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