A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

By Eric Partridge

Edited by Paul Beale

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ISBN: 978-0-415-06568-9
Binding: Hardback (also available in Paperback)
Published by: Routledge
Publication Date: 05/24/1984
Pages: 1432
Trim Size: 246X189

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The definitive work on slang and unconventional English, this edition is fully revised and updated by Paul Beale and includes some 500 new entries. The dictionary gives a fully documented account of English slang over four centuries and will entertain and inform all lovers of the English language.

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