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A Dictionary of Saints Days, Fasts, Feasts and Festivals (Reference)

By Waters, Colin

Lobcocks and Fartleberries: 18th-Century Insults to Confound Your Foes

By Francis Grose, David Procter

Roger's Profanisaurus (1998)

By Viz

Yorkshire English

By Edward H. Johnson

The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary

By 'Crooked Mick of the Speerwah' Aka Richard Beckett, Illustrated by Brendan Akhurst

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

By Thorn, Tony

Jackspeak. The Pusser's Rum Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage

By Rick Jolly, Tugg Wilson

Spanish (Made Simple Books)

By Jackson, Eugene, Rubio, Antonio

The Concise Scots Dictionary (Scots Language Dictionaries)

By Scottish Language Dictionaries

British-American Dictionary

By Moss, Norman

Dicionario Ediouro Espanhol - Portugues

By Ediouro, S. A.

Harrap's French Slang Dictionary: English-French, Francais-Anglais

By Marks, Georgette

An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work (I Used to Know That ...)

By Caroline Taggart, Taggart, Caroline

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Reference S.)

By Ayto, John, Simpson

Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases

By Fergusson, Rosalind

It's Not Rocket Science: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches

By Clive Whichelow, Hugh Murray

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

By Room, Adrian

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms 3/e (Oxford Quick Reference)

By Ayto, John

Totes Ridictionary

By Balthazar Cohen

Lancashire English

By Holcroft, Fred

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