Jibber jabber and giffle gaffle : a collection of slights, slang and vulgar vernacular through the ages
Clarke, Elanor2013
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Quip like a quill driver, banter like a bitch booby and swear like a shabbaroon with the help of this illustrated dictionary of long-lost words and phrases. This carefully compiled volume contains the most amusing and imaginative vocabulary from the murky Middle English of Chaucer right up to the more eloquent but equally obscure parlances of the early 1900s - essential for all lovers of weird and wonderful wordage!
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Chichester : Summersdale, 2013.
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224 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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9781849534703 (hbk)
Dewey class:
427
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English
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BRN:
1854775
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