A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
- ISBN-10
- 1134963653
- ISBN-13
- 9781134963652
- Category
- Foreign Language Study
- Pages
- 1432
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006-05-02
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Author
- Eric Partridge
Description
The definitive work on the subject, this Dictionary - available again in its eighth edition - gives a full account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all language-lovers.
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- 2002
- 1400 pages
- Paperback
- Routledge
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- 1984
- 1400 pages
- Paperback
- Psychology Press
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