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The Structure of Spoken and Written Language: Spoken and Written English

by Janet Townend,Jean Walker

ISBN 13: 9781861564290

Format: Paperback (360 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 13 Jan 2006

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Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780192806406

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 13 Oct 2005

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Word Routes: Journeys Through Etymology

by Alex Tulloch

ISBN 13: 9780720612431

Format: Paperback (208 pages)
Publisher: Peter Owen
Published: 09 Dec 2004

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Meaning in English: An Introduction to Language Study

by Lesley Jeffries

ISBN 13: 9780333659168

Format: Paperback (280 pages)
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 20 May 1998

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The Slang Thesaurus: Second Edition (Penguin Reference Books S.)

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9780140514322

Format: Paperback (304 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Oct 1999
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Secret Life of The English Language: Buttering Parsnips and Twocking Chavs

by Martin H. Manser,David Pickering

ISBN 13: 9780753824177

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 04 Sep 2008

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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780198610625

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 Sep 2006

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Chambers Dictionary of First Names

by Julia Cresswell

ISBN 13: 9780550104298

Format: Paperback (480 pages)
Publisher: Chambers Harrap
Published: 26 Jun 2009
Other Format: Hardcover

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Cassell Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304340644

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 07 Feb 1991
Other Format: Paperback

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Unspeak

by Steven Poole

ISBN 13: 9780316731003

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 16 Feb 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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In a Word: 750 Words and Their Fascinating Stories and Origins

by Rosalie F. Baker, Tom (Ilt) Lopes

ISBN 13: 9780812627107

Format: Hardcover (250 pages)
Publisher: Cricket Books
Published: Dec 2003

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All Gong and No Dinner: 1001 Homely Phrases and Curious Domestic Sayings

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007249350

Format: Hardcover (400 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 03 Sep 2007

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