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A Load of Old Bristle: Krek Waiter's Peak Bristle (Local Dialect)

by Derek Robinson,Vic Wiltshire,Wiltshire Vic

ISBN 13: 9781853067921

Format: Paperback (64 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 14 Nov 2002

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Common Phrases: And Where They Come from

by Myron Korach,John Mordock

ISBN 13: 9781599213071

Format: Paperback (202 pages)
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 17 Jul 2008

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Slang: The People's Poetry

by Michael Adams

ISBN 13: 9780195314632

Format: Hardcover (258 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Apr 2009

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From Pharaoh's Lips: Survivals from the Ancient Egyptian Language in the Arabic of Today (Fascinating Peek at Egypts Linguistic Heritage)

by Ahmad Abdel-Hamid Youssef, Golo, Fayza Haikal

ISBN 13: 9789774247088

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
Published: 01 Jul 2003

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Phraseology: Thousands of Bizarre Origins, Unexpected Connections, and Fascinating Facts about English's Best Expressions

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

ISBN 13: 9781402212871

Format: Paperback (320 pages)
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 27 Feb 2009

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Genie: An Abused Child's Flight from Silence

by Ross Rymer

ISBN 13: 9780060169107

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Mar 1993

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German: Biography of a Language

by Ruth H. Sanders

ISBN 13: 9780195388459

Format: Hardcover (248 pages)
Publisher: OUP USA
Published: 15 Jul 2010

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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions (Sailmate)

by Bill Beavis, Richard G. McClosky, G. McCloskey

ISBN 13: 9780713637168

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
Published: May 1993
Other Format: Paperback

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Conrad, Language, and Narrative

by Michael Greaney

ISBN 13: 9780521807548

Format: Hardcover (206 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 15 Nov 2001

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Random House Webster's Dictionary of American English

by RANDOM HOUSE

ISBN 13: 9780679764250

Format: Paperback (868 pages)
Publisher: Random House USA Inc
Published: 13 Nov 1997

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Toposaurus: Humorous Treasury of Toponyms

by John D. Jacobson

ISBN 13: 9780471527725

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 15 Nov 1990

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The Cassell Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins (Cassell reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304320509

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 22 Oct 1992
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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