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Loose Cannons, Red Herrings and Other Loose Metaphors

by R Caliborne

ISBN 13: 9780393321869

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 22 Jun 2001

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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 Eponyms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Cyril Leslie Beeching

ISBN 13: 9780192827777

Format: Paperback (229 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: Sep 1990
Other Format: Paperback

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When a Loose Cannon Flogs a Dead Horse There's the Devil to Pay: Seafaring Words in Everyday Speech (INTERNATIONAL MARINE-RMP)

by Olivia A. Isil

ISBN 13: 9780070328778

Format: Illustrated (144 pages)
Publisher: International Marine/Ragged Mountain Press
Published: 01 Apr 1996

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Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263689

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 27 Apr 2000
Other Format: Paperback

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Common Phrases and Where They Come from

by John Mordock,Myron Korach

ISBN 13: 9781585746828

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: The Lyons Press
Published: Jan 2002
Other Format: Paperback

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Why Do We Say...?: Words and Sayings and Where They Come from

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780713719444

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Blandford Press
Published: Sep 1987
Other Format: Paperback

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Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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ISBN 13: 9780199547937

Format: Paperback (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 09 Sep 2010

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Toujours Tingo: Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World

by Adam Jacot de Boinod

ISBN 13: 9780140515862

Format: Paperback (336 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 01 Nov 2007

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Chambers Dictionary of First Names

by Julia Cresswell

ISBN 13: 9780550104298

Format: Paperback (480 pages)
Publisher: Chambers Harrap
Published: 26 Jun 2009
Other Format: Hardcover

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology (Oxford Quick Reference)

by T. F. Hoad

ISBN 13: 9780192830982

Format: Paperback (576 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 03 Jun 1993
Other Format: Hardcover

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Cassell Dictionary Word & Phrase Origins (Cassell language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304349654

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 23 Apr 1998
Other Format: Hardcover

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