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Why You Say It: The Fascinating Stories Behind Over 600 Everyday Words and Phrases

by Webb Garrison

ISBN 13: 9781595552990

Format: Paperback (356 pages)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Published: 16 Mar 2010

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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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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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100 Words for Lovers

by American Heritage Dictionaries

ISBN 13: 9780547212579

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH)
Published: 01 Jul 2009

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Word Origins And How We Know Them: Etymology for Everyone

by Anatoly Liberman

ISBN 13: 9780195387070

Format: Illustrated (336 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 13 Apr 2009

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Say Chic: A Collection of French Words We Can't Live without

by Jeremy Leven, Francoise Blanchard

ISBN 13: 9781416561842

Format: Paperback (144 pages)
Publisher: Scribner
Published: 15 Sep 2008

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Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words

by Phil Cousineau

ISBN 13: 9781573444002

Format: Illustrated (305 pages)
Publisher: Viva Editions
Published: 22 Jul 2010

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The Words You Should Know to Sound Smart: 1200 Essential Words Every Sophisticated Person Should Be Able to Use

by Robert W Bly

ISBN 13: 9781598698862

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Adams Media
Published: 01 Jan 1900

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Shorter Slang Dictionary (The Partridge Collection)

by Rosalind Fergusson, Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

ISBN 13: 9780415088664

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 02 Dec 1993

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Better Than Great

by Arthur Plotnik

ISBN 13: 9781573446600

Format: Paperback (280 pages)
Publisher: VIVA EDITIONS
Published: 24 Aug 2011

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The Rustle of Language

by Barthes

ISBN 13: 9780520066298

Format: Paperback (382 pages)
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 01 Jul 1992

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Casual Lex: An Informal Assemblage of Why We Say What We Say

by Webb Garrison

ISBN 13: 9781401602185

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Rutledge Hill Press
Published: 01 May 2005

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