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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

By Eric Partridge Edited by Paul Beale

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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.

Table of Contents

Foreward. Preface to the 8th Edition. Preface to the 1st Edition Acknowledgments. Arrangement within Entries. Dating. Bibliographical Abbreviations. Abbreviations and Signs. THE DICTIONARY. Appendix.