A DICTIONARY of SLANG and UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH - Colloquialisms and Catch-phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, Vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized: (Seventh Edition)
by Partridge, Eric
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- Hardcover
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- Near Fine unmarked, in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket.
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Nevada City, California, United States
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New York: Macmillan Co. Hardcover in red cloth boards w black title box on spine, white jacket.. Near Fine unmarked, in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket.. The standard reference work on slang, now completely revised, updated, and enlarged. Two volumes in one: I The Dictionary, and II The Supplement. Solid clean tight copy in good jacket.
6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 1528 pp.
6-1/2 x 9-1/2, 1528 pp.
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- edburynbooks (US)
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- 12601
- Title
- A DICTIONARY of SLANG and UNCONVENTIONAL ENGLISH - Colloquialisms and Catch-phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, Vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized
- Author
- Partridge, Eric
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover in red cloth boards w black title box on spine, white jacket.
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine unmarked, in Good unclipped shelfworn jacket.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Keywords
- Reference, Textbooks, How-to
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