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Blooming English: Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language

by Kate Burridge

ISBN 13: 9780521548328

Format: Paperback (252 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 27 May 2004

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The Shakespeare Miscellany

by Ben Crystal,David Crystal

ISBN 13: 9780140515558

Format: International Edition (224 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 29 Sep 2005

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Bees Knees and Barmy Armies

by Harry Oliver

ISBN 13: 9781844546633

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: John Blake Publishing Ltd
Published: 06 Oct 2008

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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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The Wordsworth Dictionary of First Names (Wordsworth Reference)

by Iseabail Mcleod,Iseabail Mcleod,Terry Freedman

ISBN 13: 9781853263668

Format: Paperback (240 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 31 Dec 1995

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All in a Word

by Vivian Cook

ISBN 13: 9781935554226

Format: Paperback (320 pages)
Publisher: Melville House Publishing
Published: 23 Nov 2010

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Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780713713541

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 26 Sep 1983
Other Format: Hardcover

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Spellbound: The Improbable Story of English Spelling

by James Essinger

ISBN 13: 9781861059062

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Published: 25 May 2006

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Place Names

by Eilert Ekwall

ISBN 13: 9780198691037

Format: Hardcover (598 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Dec 1960

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A Little Book of Language

by David Crystal

ISBN 13: 9780300170825

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01 Mar 2011
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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To Coin a Phrase: A Dictionary of Origins (Papermacs)

by A. Smith, E. Radford

ISBN 13: 9780333316436

Format: Paperback (290 pages)
Publisher: Papermac
Published: Aug 1981

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