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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

By Thorne, Tony

The Prodigal Tongue: The Loveā€“Hate Relationship Between British and American English

By Murphy, Lynne

A Dictionary of Africanisms: Contributions of Sub-Saharan Africa to the English Language

By Dalgish, Gerard M.

The Penguin Pocket Spanish Dictionary (Penguin Pocket Books)

By Riquelme-Beneyto, Josephine

The Little Book of Foreign Swear Words

By Finch, Sid

Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

By Partridge, Eric

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases

By Rees, Nigel

1000 English Idioms Explained (English Language): Home-grown and from Across the Pond

By Editorial Board

The Law Of The Playground: A puerile and disturbing dictionary of playground insults and games

By Blyth, Jonathan

Cassell's Dictionary of Slang 2nd edition

By Green, Jonathon

Joyce Annotated: Notes for Dubliners and a Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

By Gifford, Don

The Oxford Dictionary of Catchphrases

By Farkas, Anna

Pardon My Spanish!

By Harrap

EVERYDAY AMERICAN ENGLISH DICTIONARY SOFT

By Spears

A New Dictionary of Kent Dialect

By Alan Major

Ship to Shore: A Dictionary of Everyday Words and Phrases Derived from the Sea

By Peter D. Jeans, Ross Shardlow

Collins Dictionary of Quotations

American Slang

By Robert L. Chapman

Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik: A Word Lover's Guide to the Weirdest, Wackiest, and Wonkiest Lexical Gems

By Bill Casselman

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang

By John Ayto (Freelance lexicographer), John Simpson (Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary)

Pardon My German

By Joaqu Blasco, Veronika Schnorr

Brewer's Dictionary of London Phrase and Fable

By Russ Willey

The Unfolding Of Language: The Evolution of Mankind`s greatest Invention

By Deutscher, Guy

Streetwise Spanish Dictionary/Thesaurus

By Mary McVey Gill, Brenda Wegmann

The New Uxbridge English Dictionary

By Jon Naismith, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Graeme Garden, Iain Pattinson

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French

By Rene James Herail, Edwin A. Lovatt, Esq

Dictionary of Modern Colloquial French

By Edwin A. Lovatt, Esq, Rene James Herail

She Literally Exploded: The "Daily Telegraph" Infuriating Phrasebook

By Christopher Howse, Richard Preston

Pardon My French!

Essential American Idioms

By Richard A. Spears