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All Gong and No Dinner: 1001 Homely Phrases and Curious Domestic Sayings

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007249350

Format: Hardcover (400 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 03 Sep 2007

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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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The Real McCoy: The True Stories Behind Our Everyday Phrases

by Georgia Hole

ISBN 13: 9780192806116

Format: Illustrated (208 pages)
Publisher: OUP UK
Published: 01 Oct 2005

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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

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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780198610625

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 Sep 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa: An Optimistic Guide to Understanding and Healing (Developmental Perspectives in Psychiatry)

by Alexander R. Lucas

ISBN 13: 9780195133387

Format: Illustrated (192 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 25 Mar 2004

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Heavens to Betsy!: & Other Curious Sayings

by Charles Earle Funk

ISBN 13: 9780060513313

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks
Published: Nov 2002

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Cassell Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304340644

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 07 Feb 1991

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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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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

by David Wilton,Ivan Brunetti

ISBN 13: 9780195172843

Format: Illustrated (234 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Dec 2004
Other Format: Illustrated

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Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780199108084

Format: Hardcover (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Nov 2002

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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

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