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  •  292. ISBN 0-304-35730-8. Rees, Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. "The History of Umbrellas". Oakthrift Corporation. Archived from the...
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  • Press. ISBN 1-895176-07-7. Rees, Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. Gardiner, Juliet (1995). Wenborn, Neil (ed.). The History Today Companion...
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  • Clowes, London 1816 (p.650) Rees, N. (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. William Loney RN – Background – The Naval Discipline Act, 1861 Article...
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    March hare Going postal Rees, Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. Barbara Mikkelson (13 July 2007). "Mad As a Hatter". snopes.com. Retrieved...
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    Retrieved 22 December 2014. Rees, Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. Dent, Susie. "The surprising history of 'stealing someone's thunder'"...
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    2021-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Why Do We Say ...?, Nigel Rees, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1944-3 Primus V (2012) Ipso facto!. Harvard Magazine, November–December Archived...
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    Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say...?: Words and Sayings and Where They Come From. Poole, Dorset, UK: Blandford Press. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. OCLC 300118856....
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    Chisholm 1911, p. 45. Rees, Nigel (1987). Why Do We Say ...?. ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. "8 Amusing Stories Behind Common Expressions". Reader's Digest. 13...
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    the Curtis Museum in Alton Why Do We Say ...?, Nigel Rees, 1987, ISBN 0-7137-1944-3. Look up Fanny Adams or sweet FA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary...
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