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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304350964

Format: Hardcover (1326 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 21 Oct 1999
Other Format: Hardcover, paperback

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The Alphabet

by David Sacks

ISBN 13: 9780091795061

Format: Hardcover (416 pages)
Publisher: Hutchinson
Published: 06 Nov 2003
Other Format: 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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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 Scots Dialect Dictionary

by Alexander Warrack

ISBN 13: 9781902407098

Format: Hardcover (672 pages)
Publisher: Waverley Books
Published: 05 Sep 2000
Other Format: Hardcover

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A Dictionary of Eponyms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Cyril Leslie Beeching

ISBN 13: 9780192827777

Format: Paperback (229 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: Sep 1990
Other Format: Paperback

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

by Glynnis Chantrell

ISBN 13: 9780198631217

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780713674989

Format: Paperback (576 pages)
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 04 Oct 2005

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Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

by Jean Aitchison

ISBN 13: 9780521795357

Format: Paperback (328 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 Oct 2011
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Dinkum Dictionary: A Ripper Guide to Aussie English

by Lenie Midge Johansen, Ken Maynard

ISBN 13: 9780670904198

Format: Paperback (544 pages)
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Published: 27 Jun 1991

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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304353811

Format: Hardcover (832 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 02 Nov 2000

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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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