The book that started everything off. Etymology guide Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons pulls together 50 lists of ten different words, with the words on each list sharing some kind of etymological or linguistic quirk in common.​

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So here you’ll find the related origins behind 10 Words Derived From Places in Ancient Greece, 10 Words Invented By Authors, 10 Words Derived From the Theatre, and many, many more. Along the way, find out what connects coffee to monks’ habits, what item of weaponry takes its name from a fruit, why grizzly bears quite literally aren’t grizzly—and why the book, the Twitter feed, and this entire website is called Haggard Hawks.​

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Named by The Guardian as one of the best stocking-filler books of the year, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons kickstarted the entire Haggard Hawks network more than a decade ago. 

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