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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
Other Format: Paperback

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Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie

by Sid Waddell

ISBN 13: 9780007247820

Format: Paperback (192 pages)
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Published: 02 Jun 2008

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A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi": The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English

by Chloe Rhodes

ISBN 13: 9781606520574

Format: Hardcover (176 pages)
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Published: 04 Mar 2010

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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language

by Susie Dent

ISBN 13: 9780199574155

Format: Illustrated (159 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 13 Dec 2009

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Discovering Words (Shire Discovering)

by Julian Walker

ISBN 13: 9780747807490

Format: Paperback (128 pages)
Publisher: Shire Publications
Published: 08 Oct 2009

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

by Geoffrey Hughes

ISBN 13: 9780631173212

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 26 Oct 1989
Other Format: Hardcover

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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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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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Annus Horribilis: Latin for Everyday Life

by Mark Walker

ISBN 13: 9780752442846

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: The History Press Ltd
Published: 05 Dec 2007
Other Format: Paperback

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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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The F Word

by Jesse Sheidlower

ISBN 13: 9780571197309

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 20 Sep 1999

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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

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