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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
Other Format: Paperback

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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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Dictionary for Our Time

by Mike Barfield,Steven Appleby

ISBN 13: 9781901170009

Format: Illustrated (95 pages)
Publisher: Oldie Publications Ltd
Published: 25 Oct 1996

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Scottish Place Names: Their Meanings Explained

by Michael Eyers

ISBN 13: 9780863051609

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Sphere Books
Published: 24 Feb 2000

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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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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Eponyms (Wordsworth Reference)

by Martin H. Manser

ISBN 13: 9781853263736

Format: Paperback (800 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 1996
Other Format: Paperback

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Football Club Origins and Nicknames

by Michael Heatley

ISBN 13: 9780711032712

Format: Paperback (200 pages)
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd
Published: 08 May 2008

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Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780199108084

Format: Hardcover (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Nov 2002
Other Format: Hardcover

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Much Ado About English: Up and Down the Bizarre Byways of a Fascinating Language

by Richard Watson Todd

ISBN 13: 9781857883725

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 12 Oct 2006

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The Spirit of the Chinese Character: Gifts from the Heart

by Barbara Aria, Russell Gon Eng

ISBN 13: 9780811801423

Format: Hardcover (96 pages)
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 24 Sep 1992

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Little Lord Fauntleroy (World's Classics)

by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Dennis Butts

ISBN 13: 9780192829610

Format: Paperback (208 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 01 Mar 1993
Other Format: Hardcover, Illustrated, Paperback

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The Fascinating Origins of Everyday Words (Artful Wordsmith Series)

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780844209104

Format: Paperback (193 pages)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Published: 01 Jan 1996

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