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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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Dictionary of North East Dialect

by Bill Griffiths

ISBN 13: 9781904794066

Format: Paperback
Publisher: Northumbria University Press
Published: Dec 2004

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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
Other Format: Paperback

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Serendipities: Language and Lunancy

by Umberto Eco

ISBN 13: 9780156007511

Format: Paperback (144 pages)
Publisher: Thomson Learning
Published: 01 Nov 1999
Other Format: Paperback

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Cassell's Spelling Dictionary

by D. Firnberg, L.B. Firnberg

ISBN 13: 9780304310289

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 01 Apr 1985
Other Format: Paperback

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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series: Volume 2: Additions Vol 2

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ISBN 13: 9780198612995

Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 25 Nov 1993

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Cassell Dictionary Word & Phrase Origins (Cassell language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304349654

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 23 Apr 1998
Other Format: Hardcover

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Faux Pas?: A No-nonsense Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases in Everyday Language

by Philip Gooden

ISBN 13: 9780713685237

Format: Paperback (240 pages)
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 19 Jul 2007

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Understanding Language Change

by April M. S. McMahon

ISBN 13: 9780521446655

Format: Paperback (376 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 17 Mar 1994

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A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English

by Burgess, Anthony Anthony Burgess,

ISBN 13: 9780091774158

Format: hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
Other Format: Paperback

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Slang Down the Ages: A Historical Development of Slang

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9781856261609

Format: Paperback (352 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: Nov 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Euphemisms

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747518044

Format: Paperback (352 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 18 Aug 1994

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