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Genre/Form: | Dictionaries |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Eric Partridge; Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor |
ISBN: | 0415212596 0203962117 9780415212595 9780203962114 |
OCLC Number: | 77795807 |
Notes: | Revised edition of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed. 1984. "2006 new editorial matter and selection, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor; material taken from The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition (first published 1984), E. Partridge and P. Beale estates"--Title page verso. |
Credits: | "2006 new editorial matter and selection, Tom Dalzell and Terry Victor; material taken from The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition (first published 1984), E. Partridge and P. Beale estates"--Title page verso. |
Description: | xvii, 720 pages ; 24 cm |
Contents: | Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Observations of Slang and Unconventional English -- Entries A-Z -- Numeric Slang. |
Other Titles: | Dictionary of slang and unconventional English New Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English |
Responsibility: | Tom Dalzell (senior editor) and Terry Victor (editor). |
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Praise for the two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:'The king is dead. Long live the king! ... The old Partridge is not really dead; it remains the best record of British slang antedating 1945 ... Now, however, the preferred source for information about English slang of the past sixty years is the New Partridge.' - James Rettig, Booklist, American Library Association'Most slang dictionaries are no better than momgrams or a rub of the brush, put together by shmegegges looking to make some moola. The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, on the other hand, is the wee babes.' - Ian Sansom, The Guardian'A great book.' - Susie Dent Read more...


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