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Word Nerd: More than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

ISBN 13: 9781402208515

Format: Paperback (500 pages)
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc
Published: 30 Nov 2007

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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780141039244

Format: Paperback (368 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Oct 2010
Other Format: Hardcover

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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ISBN 13: 9780198608936

Format: Paperback (582 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 05 Aug 2004
Other Format: Hardcover

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Oxford Pocket School Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780199111930

Format: Paperback (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 01 Jul 2004

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Names and History: People, Places and Things

by George Redmonds

ISBN 13: 9781852854263

Format: Hardcover (1 pages)
Publisher: Hambledon Continuum
Published: 01 Aug 2004
Other Format: Illustrated

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The Chronology of Words and Phrases

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856262491

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 30 Sep 1999

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Alphabet Juice

by Roy Blount

ISBN 13: 9780374103699

Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
Published: 02 Apr 2009

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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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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Bill Beavis, Richard G. McClosky

ISBN 13: 9780229117055

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
Published: Oct 1983

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Why Do We Say That?

by Anonymous

ISBN 13: 9780572016548

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd
Published: 19 Jun 1991

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Forgotten English

by Jeffrey Kacirk

ISBN 13: 9780688166366

Format: Illustrated (256 pages)
Publisher: WmMorrowPB
Published: 17 Feb 1999

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