Macquarie Book of Slang

Macquarie Book of Slang
ISBN-10
1876429186
ISBN-13
9781876429188
Category
Australianisms
Pages
276
Language
English
Published
2000
Author
James Lambert

Description

It's the new millennium and slang has never had it so good -- the Macquarie Slang Dictionary, as the most up-to-date record of the 'poetry of the masses' in Australia, is a celebration of this.

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