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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Bill Beavis, Richard G. McClosky, Richard G. McCloskey

ISBN 13: 9780713664003

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
Published: 30 Aug 2002

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The Hutchinson Concise Dictionary of Word Origins (Helicon language)

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9781859861264

Format: Paperback (192 pages)
Publisher: Helicon
Published: 01 Jul 1995

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Cassell's Spelling Dictionary

by D. Firnberg, L.B. Firnberg

ISBN 13: 9780304310289

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 01 Apr 1985
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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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

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Well I Never Knew That! Did Noah Invent Tennis?: An Historic Miscellany (Well I Never Knew That 1)

by Peter Ryding

ISBN 13: 9780955152511

Format: Hardcover (180 pages)
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Ltd
Published: 20 Jun 2006
Other Format: Hardcover

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A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi": The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English

by Chloe Rhodes

ISBN 13: 9781606520574

Format: Hardcover (176 pages)
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Published: 04 Mar 2010

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Languages in Competition: Dominance, Diversity and Decline (The Language Library)

by WARDHAUGH

ISBN 13: 9780631157458

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
Published: 22 Oct 1987

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Cassell Dictionary Word & Phrase Origins (Cassell language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304349654

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 23 Apr 1998
Other Format: Hardcover

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To Coin a Phrase: A Dictionary of Origins (Papermacs)

by A. Smith, E. Radford

ISBN 13: 9780333316436

Format: Paperback (290 pages)
Publisher: Papermac
Published: Aug 1981
Other Format: Paperback

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A Dictionary of Eponyms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Cyril Leslie Beeching

ISBN 13: 9780192821560

Format: Paperback (214 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: Jul 1988
Other Format: Paperback

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Codebreaker in the Far East: How Britain cracked Japan's top secret military codes

by Alan Stripp

ISBN 13: 9780192853165

Format: Paperback (218 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 01 Jun 1995

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Wicked Geordie English

by Diana Briscoe

ISBN 13: 9781854793423

Format: Paperback (128 pages)
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published: 27 Mar 2003

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