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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856265645

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 01 Jul 2004
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Family Names and Family History

by David Hey

ISBN 13: 9781852852559

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 05 Feb 2003

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A Word a Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English

by Anu Garg,Suti Garg

ISBN 13: 9780471230328

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 01 Oct 2002

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Words and Their Meaning (Learning About Language)

by Howard Jackson

ISBN 13: 9780582291546

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 24 Oct 1988

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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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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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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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Gallimaufry: A hodgepodge of our vanishing vocabulary

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780198610625

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 Sep 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis: The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases

by Graeme Donald,Andrew Wiest,William Shepherd

ISBN 13: 9781849081573

Format: Paperback (280 pages)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: 10 Mar 2010

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In Other Words: The Meanings and Memoirs of Euphemisms

by Dominique Enright

ISBN 13: 9781843171447

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published: 11 Aug 2005

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Cassell Everyday Phrases

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304344208

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 18 Aug 1994

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Speaking Freely: A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley

by Stuart Berg Flexner, Anne H Soukhanov

ISBN 13: 9780195106923

Format: Hardcover (480 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Oct 1997

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