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The Guinness Book of Curious Phrases

by Leslie Dunkling

ISBN 13: 9780851125930

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Guinness World Records Limited
Published: Apr 1993

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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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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856261654

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 30 Jun 1995
Other Format: Paperback

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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
Other Format: Paperback

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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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Changing English

by David Graddol,Dick Leith,Joan Swann,Martin Rhys,Julia Gillen

ISBN 13: 9780415376792

Format: Illustrated (304 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 28 Nov 2006

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Unspeak

by Steven Poole

ISBN 13: 9780316731003

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 16 Feb 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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Talking for Britain: A Journey Through the Nation's Dialects

by Simon Elmes

ISBN 13: 9780140515626

Format: Hardcover (352 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 22 Aug 2005
Other Format: Paperback

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Bloomers, Biros and Wellington Boots: How the Names Became the Words

by ANDREW SHOLL

ISBN 13: 9781854796424

Format: Hardcover (176 pages)
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published: 23 Aug 1996

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Chambers Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases

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ISBN 13: 9780550183064

Format: Hardcover (336 pages)
Publisher: Chambers
Published: 31 Aug 1995
Other Format: Paperback

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Twentieth Century Words

by John Ayto,John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780198602309

Format: Hardcover (640 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 12 Aug 1999

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The Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Jennifer Speake

ISBN 13: 9780192801128

Format: Paperback (524 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 17 Aug 2000

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