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Story of English

by Robert McCrum,William Cran,Robert MacNeil

ISBN 13: 9780563202479

Format: Paperback (320 pages)
Publisher: BBC Books
Published: 18 Sep 1986
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

ISBN 13: 9781402212871

Format: Paperback (320 pages)
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 27 Feb 2009

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The Story of English

by Robert McCrum, William Cran, Robert MacNeil

ISBN 13: 9780571149087

Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 14 Sep 1987
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The French Language Today

by Adrian Battye,Marie-Anne Hintze

ISBN 13: 9780415078146

Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04 Jun 1992
Other Format: Illustrated

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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

by Tony Thorne

ISBN 13: 9780747501718

Format: Hardcover (583 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Published: 28 Sep 1990

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The Oxford Dictionary of New Words

by Sara Tulloch, Elizabeth Knowles, Julia Elliott

ISBN 13: 9780198602354

Format: Paperback (366 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Feb 1999
Other Format: Hardcover

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Ee Up Lad! A Salute to the Yorkshire Dialect

by Len Markham,Richard Scollins

ISBN 13: 9781853067631

Format: Paperback (80 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 31 Oct 2002

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Big Book of Rhyming Slang (Big Books)

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9780304363865

Format: Paperback (480 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 12 Sep 2002

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Wordsworth Reference)

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9781853263446

Format: Paperback (325 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: Apr 1995

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A Dictionary of Epithets and Terms of Address

by Leslie Dunkling

ISBN 13: 9780415007610

Format: Hardcover (276 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 07 Jun 1990

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Brave New Words: A Language Lover's Guide to the 21st Century

by Kerry Maxwell

ISBN 13: 9780330448680

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Pan
Published: 19 Oct 2007

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More of Why Do We Say That

by Graham Donaldson, Maris Ross

ISBN 13: 9780715394441

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: David & Charles PLC
Published: Nov 1989

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