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Cassell Dictionary of Word and Phrase Origins (Cassell language reference)

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304348039

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 24 Oct 1996
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The World in a Phrase: A Brief History of the Aphorism

by James Geary

ISBN 13: 9781582344300

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 13 Oct 2005

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An Introduction to English Morphology: Words and Their Structure (Edinburgh Textbooks on the English Language)

by Andrew Carstairs-McCarthy

ISBN 13: 9780748613267

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 21 Nov 2001

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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 Fascinating Origins of Everyday Words (Artful Wordsmith Series)

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780844209104

Format: Paperback (193 pages)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
Published: 01 Jan 1996

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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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Origin of English Surnames

by P. H. Reaney

ISBN 13: 9780415059176

Format: Paperback (436 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 31 Jan 1992

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New Keywords: A Revised Vocabulary of Culture and Society

by Tony Bennett

ISBN 13: 9780631225690

Format: Paperback (454 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 15 Apr 2005

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How to Read a Word

by Elizabeth Knowles

ISBN 13: 9780199574896

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 28 Oct 2010

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What Character Is That?: An Easy-Access Dictionary of 5,000 Chinese Characters

by Ping-gam Go

ISBN 13: 9780962311352

Format: Paperback (512 pages)
Publisher: Simplex Publications
Published: 30 Nov 1997

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Oxford School Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780199108084

Format: Hardcover (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Nov 2002
Other Format: Hardcover

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The Word Detective: Solving the Mysteries behind Those Pesky Phrases

by Evan Morris

ISBN 13: 9781565122390

Format: Hardcover (288 pages)
Publisher: Workman Publishing
Published: 19 Apr 2001

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