Editors' Note: Before proceeding to these collections of short verses, readers might benefit from reviewing an earlier post entitled Edification about Word-Pairs: "The Binomials", A Linguistic Lesson.
This post is a collection of verses dealing with the grammatic device of 'BINOMIALS' as posted on this blog on August 5, 2023 (first examples).
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Betwixt and between (fossil words)
Bigger and bigger
Birds and bees
Bump and grind
By hook or by crook (rhyming pairs)
Down and out
Authors' Note: The concept of fossil words derives from the fact that dozens of obsolete and obscure words, e.g. betwixt, retain currency only as a part of idioms whose use has continued into modern times. The final line of the verse refers to beck and call, goods and chattels, and hither and yon.
More examples of fossil words and phrases are given in the verse hem and haw.
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