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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304362257

Format: Paperback (284 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 14 Mar 2002

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All Gong and No Dinner: 1001 Homely Phrases and Curious Domestic Sayings

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007249350

Format: Hardcover (400 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 03 Sep 2007

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

by Webb B. Garrison

ISBN 13: 9781558531284

Format: Paperback (372 pages)
Publisher: Thomas Nelson Publishers
Published: 01 Nov 1992

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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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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

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Mother Tongue: The English Language

by Bill Bryson

ISBN 13: 9780140143058

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Sep 1991
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Place Names in the British Isles

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780747501701

Format: Hardcover (320 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 20 Oct 1988
Other Format: Paperback

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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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Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind

by Harry Campbell,Alexander McCall Smith

ISBN 13: 9781906032050

Format: Illustrated (192 pages)
Publisher: Portico
Published: 01 Sep 2007
Other Format: Paperback

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Sparkle and Spin: Book About Word

by Ann Rand,Paul Rand

ISBN 13: 9780811850032

Format: Hardcover (40 pages)
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 15 Aug 2006

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Authority in Language: Investigating Language Standardisation and Prescription (Language, Education & Society Series)

by James Milroy, Lesley Milroy

ISBN 13: 9780710212016

Format: Paperback (204 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01 Feb 1986

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