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Et Cetera, Et Cetera: Notes of a Word-Watcher

by Lewis Thomas

ISBN 13: 9780316840996

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: Little, Brown & Company
Published: 29 Nov 1990

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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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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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Dictionary Of Idioms: Revised Edition

by Linda Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856266642

Format: Paperback (216 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 05 Dec 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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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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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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Altered English: Surprising Meanings of Familiar Words

by Jeffrey Kacirk

ISBN 13: 9780764920196

Format: Hardcover (240 pages)
Publisher: Pomegranate Communications Inc,US
Published: Jan 2002

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The Secret Life of The English Language: Buttering Parsnips and Twocking Chavs

by Martin H. Manser,David Pickering

ISBN 13: 9780753824177

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 04 Sep 2008

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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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