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Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, And Catch-Phrases, Solecisms And Catachresis, Nicknames, And Vulgarisms
Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, And Catch-Phrases, Solecisms And Catachresis, Nicknames, And Vulgarisms

By Paul Beale, Eric Partridge

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Originally published in 1984, this eighth edition was published posthumously but had been worked upon by Partridge until six weeks before his death. Its place in the history of the lexicography of...

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Shorter Dictionary Of Catch Phrases
Shorter Dictionary Of Catch Phrases

By Rosalind Fergusson, Eric Partridge, Paul Beale

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An abridged version of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases, concentrating on those phrases in current use in the English-speaking world. The rewritten entries are in an accessible style, w...

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