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Clichés: Avoid Them Like The Plague

By Fountain, Nigel

My Grammar and I (Or Should That Be 'Me'?): Old-School Ways to Sharpen Your English (I Used to Know That ...)

By Taggart, Caroline, Wines, J. A., Caroline Taggart, J. A. Wines

Wordgloss: A Cultural Lexicon

By O'Donnell, Jim, Banville, John

Red Herrings and White Elephants

By Jack, Albert

Red Herrings and White Elephants

By Jack, Albert

Not Enough Room to Swing a Cat: Naval Slang and Its Everyday Usage

By Martin Robson

FUBAR F***ed Up Beyond All Recognition: Soldier Slang of World War II

By Gordon Rottman

Fighting Talk: The military origins of everyday words and phrases

By Donald, Graeme

Pop Goes the Weasel: The Secret Meanings of Nursery Rhymes

By Jack, Albert

Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language

By Quinion, Michael

Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of English Slang

By Décharné, Max

Introducing Linguistics: A Graphic Guide

By Trask, R. L., Mayblin, Bill

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

By Mark Forsyth

The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language

By Forsyth, Mark

The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll Through the Hidden Connections of the English Language

By Forsyth, Mark

Inside out Series: Exploring Place-Names in Wales

By Andrea Miller

DICTIONARY OF RAF SLANG

By Partridge, Eric

The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Wordsworth Reference)

By Walter W. Skeat, Walter W. Skeat

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

By Ayto, John

Latin in Our Language (Latin language)

By Barker, P., Barker, Peter

Bloomers, Biros and Wellington Boots: How the Names Became the Words

By Sholl, Andrew, Andrew Sholl

Dictionary of Proverbs

By Linda Flavell, Roger H. Flavell

Dictionary of Word Origins

By Flavell, L., Flavell, R.H.

The Yorkshire Dictionary of Dialect, Tradition and Folklore

By Kellett, Arnold

English for Economics in Higher Education Studies (English for Specific Academic Purposes)

By Mark Roberts

Progressive Skills in English 3

By Terry Phillips, Anna Phillips

Progressive Skills in English 4 Student's Book

By Terry Phillips,  Anna Phillips

Brewers Dictionary of Names: People & Places & Things: People and Places and Things (Hutchinson reference classics)

By Ebenezer Cobham Brewer

BRITSLANG: an Uncensored A-Z of the Peoples' Language, Rhyming Slang

By Puxley, Ray

A History of Language (Globalities)

By Fischer, Steven Roger