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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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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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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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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199574094

Format: Paperback (179 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 23 Jul 2009
Other Format: Hardcover

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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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Bees Knees and Barmy Armies

by Harry Oliver

ISBN 13: 9781844546633

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
Published: 06 Oct 2008

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263719

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: Apr 2000
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and Ireland (Oxford Paperbacks)

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780192819000

Format: Paperback (192 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 19 Sep 1985

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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English

by Henry Hitchings

ISBN 13: 9780719564543

Format: Hardcover (432 pages)
Publisher: John Murray
Published: 03 Apr 2008
Other Format: Paperback

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

by Glynnis Chantrell

ISBN 13: 9780198631217

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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Slang Down the Ages: A Historical Development of Slang

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9781856261609

Format: Paperback (352 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: Nov 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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