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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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The Secret Life of The English Language: Buttering Parsnips and Twocking Chavs

by Martin H. Manser,David Pickering

ISBN 13: 9780753824177

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 04 Sep 2008

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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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Scottish Forenames

by Donald Whyte

ISBN 13: 9781841583983

Format: Paperback (216 pages)
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 18 Mar 2005
Other Format: Paperback

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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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Why Do We Say That?

by Anonymous

ISBN 13: 9780572016548

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd
Published: 19 Jun 1991

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The Spirit of the Chinese Character: Gifts from the Heart

by Barbara Aria, Russell Gon Eng

ISBN 13: 9780811801423

Format: Hardcover (96 pages)
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 24 Sep 1992

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Best Baby Names: Choose the Right Name for Your Baby

by Julia Cresswell

ISBN 13: 9780747559030

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Jun 2002

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Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304350087

Format: Hardcover (416 pages)
Publisher: Orion
Published: 13 Jul 2000

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Traditional Christian Names

by Tony Castle

ISBN 13: 9780340735534

Format: Paperback (135 pages)
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
Published: 18 Mar 1999

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A Dictionary of English Place-names

by A. D. Mills

ISBN 13: 9780198691563

Format: Hardcover (421 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 30 Nov 1991
Other Format: Paperback

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