A dictionary of historical slang
Partridge, Eric, 1894-19791972
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Nearly 50,000 entries recall the living speech of a world now largely lost. Often wry and flippant, occasionally "blue", and sometimes uproariously comical, they recapture the rich idiom of English life through the ages.
Main title:
A dictionary of historical slang / Eric Partridge.
Edition:
[Abridged ed.] / abridged by Jacqueline Simpson.
Imprint:
Harmondsworth : Penguin, 1972.
Collation:
1065p. ; 20cm.
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Notes:
Full ed. published as 'A dictionary of slang and unconventional English'. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1961.
ISBN:
9780140510461
Dewey class:
427.09
Language:
English
BRN:
3701
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