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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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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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Football Club Origins and Nicknames

by Michael Heatley

ISBN 13: 9780711032712

Format: Paperback (200 pages)
Publisher: Ian Allan Ltd
Published: 08 May 2008

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Scottish Place Names: Their Meanings Explained

by Michael Eyers

ISBN 13: 9780863051609

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Sphere Books
Published: 24 Feb 2000

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Eponyms (Wordsworth Reference)

by Martin H. Manser

ISBN 13: 9781853263736

Format: Paperback (800 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 1996
Other Format: Paperback

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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
Other Format: Hardcover

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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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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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The Mensa Book of Words, Word Games, Puzzles and Oddities (Perennial library)

by F.A. Salny

ISBN 13: 9780060962081

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: HarperPerennial
Published: May 1988

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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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Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins

by Linda Flavell,Roger H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856265638

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 01 Jul 2004
Other Format: Paperback

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How Not to Talk Like an Arse: 101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon

by Richard Wilson

ISBN 13: 9781907554209

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Portico
Published: 01 Sep 2011

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