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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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Dictionary for Our Time

by Mike Barfield,Steven Appleby

ISBN 13: 9781901170009

Format: Illustrated (95 pages)
Publisher: Oldie Publications Ltd
Published: 25 Oct 1996

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The Slang Thesaurus: Second Edition (Penguin Reference Books S.)

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9780140514322

Format: Paperback (304 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Oct 1999
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Meaning in English: An Introduction to Language Study

by Lesley Jeffries

ISBN 13: 9780333659168

Format: Paperback (280 pages)
Publisher: Palgrave
Published: 20 May 1998

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English: Its Life and Times

by Robert Claiborne

ISBN 13: 9780747516972

Format: Paperback (352 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 14 Apr 1994

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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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21st Century Latin: From Bovvered to Binge Drinking

by Sam Foster

ISBN 13: 9781840246162

Format: Hardcover (208 pages)
Publisher: Summersdale
Published: 01 Oct 2007

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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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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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