| Description |
1 online resource |
| Contents |
V. 1. A-I -- v. 2. J-Z |
| Summary |
Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang.Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Dictionary of slang and unconventional English / by E. Partridge. 8th ed. 1984 |
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"2013 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (Ebsco, viewed July 1, 2015) |
| Subject |
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries.
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| Genre/Form |
Dictionaries.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Dalzell, Tom, 1951- editor
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Victor, Terry, editor
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Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979.
Dictionary of slang and unconventional English
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| ISBN |
9781317372523 |
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1317372522 |
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