1st Edition
A Dictionary of the Underworld (Routledge Revivals) British and American
By Eric Partridge
Copyright 2015
904 Pages
by
Routledge
904 Pages
by
Routledge
904 Pages
by
Routledge
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First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British... Read more
Foreword; Abreviations and Principal Short References; Signs and a Note on Arrangement; A dictionary of the Underworld; Addenda
Biography
Eric Partridge
