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A dictionary of slang and unconventional English : colloquialisms and catch phrases, fossilised jokes and puns, general nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalised

Partridge, Eric, 1894-19791984
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The definitive work on slang, this dictionary gives a fully documented account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all lovers of the English language.
Edition:
8th ed. / edited by Paul Beale.
Imprint:
London : Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1984.
Collation:
xxix,1400p. ; 26cm.
Notes:
Previous ed.: published in 2 vols. 1970.
ISBN:
9780710098207
Dewey class:
427.09427.09427.0903427
Local class:
427.09
Language:
English
BRN:
483397
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