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A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet: Its Origins and Various Forms

by John Healey,Rex Smith

ISBN 13: 9780863564314

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 10 Mar 2009

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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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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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Where Words Come from: A Dictionary of Word Origins

by Fred Sedgwick

ISBN 13: 9781847062741

Format: Illustrated (222 pages)
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 21 May 2009

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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199239061

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 30 Oct 2008
Other Format: Paperback

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A Dictionary of Rhyming Slang

by Julian Franklyn

ISBN 13: 9780415046022

Format: Paperback (228 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 17 Apr 1975

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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304362257

Format: Paperback (284 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 14 Mar 2002

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English Accents and Dialects: An Introduction to Social and Regional Varieties of English in the British Isles

by Peter Trudgill,Arthur Hughes

ISBN 13: 9780340614457

Format: Paperback (142 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01 Mar 1996

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Structure of Spoken and Written Language: Spoken and Written English

by Janet Townend,Jean Walker

ISBN 13: 9781861564290

Format: Paperback (360 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 13 Jan 2006

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Beyond Polite Japanese: A Dictionary of Japanese Slang and Colloquialisms (Power Japanese S.)

by Akihiko Yonekawa

ISBN 13: 9784770015396

Format: Paperback (176 pages)
Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd
Published: 01 Dec 1992

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The F Word

by Jesse Sheidlower

ISBN 13: 9780571197309

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 20 Sep 1999

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