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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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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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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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Language Change (Intertext)

by Adrian Beard

ISBN 13: 9780415320566

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 12 Feb 2004

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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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Cassell Dictionary Of First Names

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304349159

Format: Paperback (335 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 25 Sep 1997

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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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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747509714

Format: Paperback (592 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 30 Sep 1991
Other Format: Hardcover

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The Play of Words: Fun and Games for Language Lovers

by Richard Lederer, Bernie Cootner

ISBN 13: 9780671689087

Format: Hardcover (274 pages)
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: Sep 1990

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The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Wordsworth Reference)

by Walter W. Skeat,Walter W. Skeat

ISBN 13: 9781853263118

Format: Paperback (656 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 25 Nov 1993

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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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Empire of Words: The Reign of the O.E.D.

by John Willinsky

ISBN 13: 9780691037196

Format: Hardcover (268 pages)
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 02 Nov 1994

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