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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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Mother Tongue: The English Language

by Bill Bryson

ISBN 13: 9780140143058

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Sep 1991
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Wordsworth Reference)

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9781853263446

Format: Paperback (325 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: Apr 1995

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Where Words Come from: A Dictionary of Word Origins

by Fred Sedgwick

ISBN 13: 9781847062741

Format: Illustrated (222 pages)
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 21 May 2009

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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199239061

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 30 Oct 2008

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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304362257

Format: Paperback (284 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 14 Mar 2002

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In Other Words: The Meanings and Memoirs of Euphemisms

by Dominique Enright

ISBN 13: 9781843171447

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published: 11 Aug 2005

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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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Scottish Forenames

by Donald Whyte

ISBN 13: 9781841583983

Format: Paperback (216 pages)
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 18 Mar 2005

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Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles

by Paul Foulkes,Gerard Docherty

ISBN 13: 9780340706084

Format: Paperback (328 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01 Oct 1999

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English Place-Names Explained (England's Living History)

by Mr Charles Whynne-Hammond

ISBN 13: 9781853069116

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 26 Apr 2005

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141024257

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 05 Oct 2006
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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