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African Names: Names from the African Continent for Children and Adults - As Well as Information About African Geography, History, Literature and Anthropology

by Julia Stewart

ISBN 13: 9780806513867

Format: Paperback (208 pages)
Publisher: Citadel Press
Published: 24 Sep 1993

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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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A Dictionary of English Place-names (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by A. D. Mills

ISBN 13: 9780192800749

Format: Paperback (440 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 18 Jun 1998
Other Format: Hardcover

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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

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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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Movers and Shakers: A chronology of words that shaped our age

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780198614524

Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 12 Oct 2006

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Brewer's Dictionary of Names (Brewer's S.)

by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer,Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304340774

Format: Hardcover (640 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 22 Oct 1992
Other Format: Paperback

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780140515732

Format: Hardcover (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 01 Sep 2005
Other Format: Paperback

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Cassell Dictionary Of Word Histories

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304350070

Format: Hardcover (690 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 25 Nov 1999

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To Coin a Phrase: A Dictionary of Origins (Papermacs)

by A. Smith, E. Radford

ISBN 13: 9780333316436

Format: Paperback (290 pages)
Publisher: Papermac
Published: Aug 1981
Other Format: Paperback

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Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs : The Secret Life Of The English Language

by Martin H. Manser,David Pickering

ISBN 13: 9780297853497

Format: Hardcover (272 pages)
Publisher: Orion
Published: 16 Aug 2007

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The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases

by Anna Farkas

ISBN 13: 9780198662808

Format: Hardcover (368 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Oct 2002
Other Format: Paperback

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