Dictionary of Word Origins
by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell
ISBN 13: 9781856265645
Format: Paperback (288 pages) Publisher: Kyle Cathie Published: 01 Jul 2004 Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback
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Altered English: Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words
by Jeffrey Kacirk
ISBN 13: 9780764920196
Format: Hardcover (240 pages) Publisher: Pomegranate Communications Inc,US Published: Jan 2002
Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable
by Adrian Room
ISBN 13: 9780304353811
Format: Hardcover (832 pages) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Published: 02 Nov 2000
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
Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary
by Michael Quinion
ISBN 13: 9780198610625
Format: Hardcover (288 pages) Publisher: OUP Oxford Published: 14 Sep 2006
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
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
Why Do We Say That?
by Anonymous
ISBN 13: 9780572016548
Format: Paperback (256 pages) Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd Published: 19 Jun 1991
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 Other Format: Hardcover
Cassell Dictionary Of Word Histories
ISBN 13: 9780304350070
Format: Hardcover (690 pages) Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Published: 25 Nov 1999
The Complete Cockney Rabbit: The Ultimate Dick 'n' Harry of Rhyming Slang
by Ray Puxley
ISBN 13: 9781906217648
Format: Paperback (496 pages) Publisher: JR Books Ltd Published: 01 Oct 2008
Traditional Christian Names
by Tony Castle
ISBN 13: 9780340735534
Format: Paperback (135 pages) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd Published: 18 Mar 1999