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Dictionary of idioms and their origins.
by Flavell, Linda; London: Kyle Cathie, 2006.
Subject: English language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases; Figures of speech -- Dictionaries.
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I didn't know that : from "ants in the pants" to "wet behind the ears"--the unusual origins of the things we say.
by Evins, Karlen; New York: Scribner, 2007.
Subject: Cliches -- Dictionaries; English language -- Idioms -- Dictionaries; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases -- Dictionaries.
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Speaking of animals : a dictionary of animal metaphors.
by Palmatier, Robert A. (Robert Allen); Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1995.
Subject: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; Animals -- Folklore -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases; Metaphor -- Dictionaries.
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The roots of English : a reader's handbook of word origins.
by Claiborne, Robert; New York: Anchor Books, 1989.
Subject: English language -- Roots -- Dictionaries; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Word formation -- Dictionaries; Reference.
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Ship to shore : a dictionary of every day words and phrases derived from the sea.
by Jeans, Peter D.; Santa Barbara, Calif.: ABC-CLIO, 1998.
Subject: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; Sailors -- Language -- Dictionaries; Naval art and science -- Dictionaries; English languages -- Terms and phrases; Figures of speech.
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Get to the roots : a dictionary of word and phrase origins.
by Manser, Martin H.; New York: Avon Books, 1990.
Subject: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases; English language -- Roots -- Dictionaries.
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Loose cannons, red herrings, and other lost metaphors.
by Claiborne, Robert.; New York: Norton.
Subject: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; Metaphor -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases.
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The Oxford dictionary of allusions.
by Delahunty, Andrew; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Subject: English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Foreign words and phrases -- Dictionaries; English language -- Terms and phrases; Allusions -- Dictionaries.
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1000 most obscure words.
by Schur, Norman W.; New York: Facts on File, 1990.
Subject: English language -- Dictionaries; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries; English language -- Foreign elements -- Greek -- Dictionaries; English language -- Foreign elements -- Latin -- Dictionaries.
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The Facts on File encyclopedia of word and phrase origins.
by Hendrickson, Robert, 1933-; New York: Facts On File, 2004.
Subject: English language -- Terms and phrases; English language -- Etymology -- Dictionaries.
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