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A Word in Your Shell-Like: 6,000 curious and everyday phrases explained

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780007155934

Format: Hardcover (640 pages)
Publisher: Collins
Published: 06 Sep 2004
Other Format: Paperback

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Rank and File: Military and Naval Expressions and Their Origins

by Editorial Team

ISBN 13: 9781840136265

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: Grange Books
Published: 28 Oct 2003

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856261654

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Books
Published: 30 Jun 1995
Other Format: Paperback

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Forgotten English

by Jeffrey Kacirk

ISBN 13: 9780688166366

Format: Illustrated (256 pages)
Publisher: WmMorrowPB
Published: 17 Feb 1999

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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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In a Word: 750 Words and Their Fascinating Stories and Origins

by Rosalie F. Baker, Tom (Ilt) Lopes

ISBN 13: 9780812627107

Format: Hardcover (250 pages)
Publisher: Cricket Books
Published: Dec 2003

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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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Salty Dog Talk: The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions

by Bill Beavis, Richard G. McClosky

ISBN 13: 9780229117055

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Hodder Headline Australia
Published: Oct 1983

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The Guinness Book of Words

by Martin H. Manser

ISBN 13: 9780851128849

Format: Paperback (158 pages)
Publisher: Guinness World Records Limited
Published: 19 Sep 1988
Other Format: Paperback

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Dictionnaire DES Synonymes Poche

by Larousse Editorial

ISBN 13: 9782035320865

Format: Mass Market Paperback (768 pages)
Publisher: Editions Larousse
Published: 20 Sep 2002

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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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French Letters and the English Canon

by Mark Daniel

ISBN 13: 9781857252071

Format: Hardcover (304 pages)
Publisher: Timewell Press
Published: 13 Sep 2007

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