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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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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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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

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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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The Untranslatables: The Most Intriguing Words from Around the World

by Cj Moore, Simon Winchester

ISBN 13: 9780550105998

Format: Hardcover (128 pages)
Publisher: Chambers
Published: 23 Oct 2009

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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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A Dictionary of English Place-names

by A. D. Mills

ISBN 13: 9780198691563

Format: Hardcover (421 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 30 Nov 1991
Other Format: Paperback

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Wordwatching: Breaking into the Dictionary: It's His Word Against Theirs

by Alex Horne

ISBN 13: 9781905264612

Format: Paperback (336 pages)
Publisher: Virgin Books
Published: 14 Jan 2010

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Slang Down the Ages: A Historical Development of Slang

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9781856261609

Format: Paperback (352 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: Nov 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304353811

Format: Hardcover (832 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 02 Nov 2000

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Place Names of Great Britain and Ireland

by John Field

ISBN 13: 9780715374399

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: David & Charles
Published: Sep 1980

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