Words

A dozen is 12 because the word literally means twelve. “Dozen” comes from the French douzaine, from douze, twelve, which

The sundae is called a sundae because it was first called a Sunday. The oldest written record of the dessert

The hat trick started as a real hat. In September 1858 an English cricketer took three wickets with three balls

Eburnean is a warm off-white, hex code #FFFFEE, RGB 255, 255, 238. It is the colour of ivory, and the

Sarcoline is a pale peach, hex code #FFDDAA, RGB 255, 221, 170. The name sounds like a medicine or a

Skobeloff is a dark blue-green, hex code #007474, RGB 0, 116, 116. It sits between teal and deep cyan, and