Talking Balls by Andrew Delahunty

Talking Balls by Andrew Delahunty

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Talking Balls by Andrew Delahunty

An entertaining and enlightening guide to the quirky language and colourful phraseology used in sport.
'[TALKING BALLS] would enhance the most high-brow of toilets' -- Andrew Baker TELEGRAPH (21.12.06)
Andrew Delahunty is a lexicographer and writer on language who has written and contributed to a wide variety of dictionaries and reference books. As well as writing general language dictionaries, he has compiled specialist dictionaries on such subjects as nicknames and allusions. He is the author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF NICKNAMES and GOLDEN BALLS AND THE IRON LADY, and co-author of the OXFORD DICTIONARY OF ALLUSIONS.
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ISBN 13 9780304368181
ISBN 10 0304368180
Title Talking Balls
Author Andrew Delahunty
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 2006-11-23
Number of pages 224
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