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title: "Post #136124912063"
date: 2015-12-28 18:31:24 +00
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[historical-nonfiction](http://historical-nonfiction.tumblr.com/post/136110340274/sandwich-was-the-title-of-an-earl-before-it):

> “Sandwich” was the title of an Earl before it meant the food. And the title was a place before it was a title – specifically a town in the English county of Kent. The name is Old English for ‘a trading-centre on sand.’ The sand part is obvious, and the trading-center part come from the Old English word ‘wic,’ a special purpose building such as a trading post.  

December 28th, 2015 10:31am