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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell, Roger H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263924

Format: Paperback (278 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 30 Sep 2000
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Secret Warfare: Battle of Codes and Ciphers (Battle Standards)

by Bruce Norman

ISBN 13: 9780715394564

Format: Paperback (192 pages)
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: Mar 1990

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The Vulgar Tongue: Buckish Slang and Pickpocket Eloquence

by Francis Grose

ISBN 13: 9781840244137

Format: Hardcover (316 pages)
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 01 Sep 2004

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Lankie Twang (Local Dialect)

by Ron Freethy,Richard Scollins

ISBN 13: 9781853067709

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 24 Oct 2002

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Beyond Words

by John Humphrys

ISBN 13: 9780340933077

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
Published: 12 Jul 2007

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of the American West

by Winfred Blevins

ISBN 13: 9781853263569

Format: Paperback (266 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd (Ware)
Published: Oct 1995

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The Alphabet

by David Sacks

ISBN 13: 9780099436829

Format: Paperback (416 pages)
Publisher: Arrow
Published: 07 Oct 2004

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The Mouthful Of Air

by Anthony Burgess

ISBN 13: 9780099224013

Format: Paperback (368 pages)
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 16 Sep 1993
Other Format: hardcover

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Glyphbreaker

by Steven R. Fischer

ISBN 13: 9780387982410

Format: Hardcover (234 pages)
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Published: Oct 1997

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The Big Book Of Being Rude (Big Books)

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9780304355143

Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publisher: Orion
Published: 16 Nov 2000
Other Format: Paperback

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History in English Words

by W. H. Auden, Owen Barfield

ISBN 13: 9780863155086

Format: Paperback (240 pages)
Publisher: Floris Books
Published: 26 Sep 1985

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