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Common Phrases: And Where They Come from

by Myron Korach,John Mordock

ISBN 13: 9781599213071

Format: Paperback (202 pages)
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 17 Jul 2008

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Cassell's Foreign Words and Phrases

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304350087

Format: Hardcover (416 pages)
Publisher: Orion
Published: 13 Jul 2000

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Much Ado About English: Up and Down the Bizarre Byways of a Fascinating Language

by Richard Watson Todd

ISBN 13: 9781857883725

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 12 Oct 2006

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Searching for Surnames: A Practical Guide to Their Meanings and Origins (Genealogy S.)

by John Titford

ISBN 13: 9781853067655

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 26 Sep 2002

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A Man About A Dog: Euphemisms and Other Examples of Verbal Squeamishness

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007214532

Format: Hardcover (432 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 04 Sep 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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Semantics: The Study of Meaning (Pelican S.)

by Geoffrey Leech

ISBN 13: 9780140216943

Format: Paperback (400 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Feb 1974

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Words in Time: Social History of English Vocabulary (Language Library)

by Geoffrey Hughes

ISBN 13: 9780631173212

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 26 Oct 1989

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The F Word

by Jesse Sheidlower

ISBN 13: 9780571197309

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 20 Sep 1999

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Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

by L. Flavell, R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856261296

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 24 Feb 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, 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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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Bill Beavis, Richard G. McClosky, Richard G. McCloskey

ISBN 13: 9780713664003

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Adlard Coles Nautical
Published: 30 Aug 2002
Other Format: Paperback

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Collins Chelp and Chunter: How to Talk Tyke

by Ian McMillan

ISBN 13: 9780007247813

Format: Hardcover (128 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 04 Jun 2007

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