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The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism

by James Geary

ISBN 13: 9781582344300

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 13 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

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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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Cassell Dictionary of Catchphrases (Language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304345632

Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 29 Jun 1995
Other Format: Paperback

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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
Other Format: Paperback

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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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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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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, 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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Codswallop, Crumpet and Caper: Words and Where They Came From

by Edward Allhusen

ISBN 13: 9781873590805

Format: Hardcover (208 pages)
Publisher: Old House
Published: 01 Jan 2009

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