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Cassell Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins (Cassell language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304348039

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 24 Oct 1996
Other Format: Paperback

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Unspeak

by Steven Poole

ISBN 13: 9780316731003

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 16 Feb 2006
Other Format: Paperback

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

by Geoffrey Hughes

ISBN 13: 9780631158325

Format: Hardcover (256 pages)
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
Published: 28 May 1988
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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Crooked Talk: Five Hundred Years of the Language of Crime

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9781847946287

Format: Hardcover (400 pages)
Publisher: Random House Books
Published: 02 Jun 2011

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Dictionary of Word Origins: The Histories of Over 8, 000 Words Explained

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747554486

Format: Paperback (592 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Sep 2001
Other Format: Hardcover

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

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007240975

Format: Paperback (432 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 04 Sep 2006
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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What Character Is That?: An Easy-Access Dictionary of 5,000 Chinese Characters

by Ping-gam Go

ISBN 13: 9780962311352

Format: Paperback (512 pages)
Publisher: Simplex Publications
Published: 30 Nov 1997

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The Oxford Dictionary of Allusions (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Andrew Delahunty,Sheila Dignan,Penelope Stock

ISBN 13: 9780198606826

Format: Paperback (468 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 13 Feb 2003
Other Format: Mass Market Paperback

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