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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

by Glynnis Chantrell

ISBN 13: 9780198631217

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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The Story of English

by Robert McCrum,William Cran,Robert MacNeil

ISBN 13: 9780670804672

Format: Hardcover (384 pages)
Publisher: Viking
Published: Sep 1986
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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Word Court: Wherein Verbal Virtue Is Rewarded, Crimes Against the Language Are Punished and Poetic Justice Is Done

by Barbara Wallraff

ISBN 13: 9780151003815

Format: Hardcover (272 pages)
Publisher: Harcourt Brace International
Published: Jan 2000

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology

by T. F. Hoad

ISBN 13: 9780198611820

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 15 May 1986
Other Format: Paperback

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Animalogies: "A Fine Kettle of Fish" and 150 Other Animal Expressions

by Michael Macrone

ISBN 13: 9780385475877

Format: Hardcover (150 pages)
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: Oct 1995

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Simply the Best Baby Name Book

by Stuart Wilson

ISBN 13: 9780330485159

Format: Paperback (384 pages)
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 10 Aug 2001

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Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English

by Diana Lea,Jonathan Crowther,Sheila Dignen

ISBN 13: 9780194312431

Format: Paperback (897 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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Cassell Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304340644

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 07 Feb 1991

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The Architecture of the Language Faculty (Linguistic Inquiry Monographs)

by Ray Jackendoff

ISBN 13: 9780262600255

Format: Paperback (278 pages)
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 03 Mar 1997

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Foyle's Further Philavery: a Cornucopia of Lexical Delights

by Christopher Foyle

ISBN 13: 9780550104366

Format: Hardcover (240 pages)
Publisher: Chambers
Published: 26 Sep 2008

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Toujours Tingo: Extraordinary Words to Change the Way We See the World

by Adam Jacot de Boinod

ISBN 13: 9780140515862

Format: Paperback (336 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 01 Nov 2007

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