A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology: Volume II L-Z
by Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey
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- Hardcover
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- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
Detroit, Michigan: Gale Research Company, 1967. Minor edge and corner wear; no dj; lightly scuffed and scratched; corners are gently bumped and rubbed; some light shelf wear; ex-library with the usual library markings; overall a nice used copy! Blue cloth with gilt lettering on the spine. 428 informative and educational pages! "To a very great number of respectable and by no means uneducated persons, slang is simply a collective name for vulgar expressions, the most refined individual being the one who uses it lears. To them it is all that which in speech is 'tabu,' or forbidden. Others regard it as the jargon of thieves, which has spread to costermongers and street-arabs, though in justice to the worthy people first mentioned it must be admitted that many of them are so fortified in their ignorance of what is beneath them, that they are unaware that thieves have a lingo of their own......" ----- from the Preface.. Reprint. Blue Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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- Conover Books
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- Title
- A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology: Volume II L-Z
- Author
- Barrère, Albert; Leland, Charles Godfrey
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reprint
- Publisher
- Gale Research Company
- Place of Publication
- Detroit, Michigan
- Date Published
- 1967
- Keywords
- DICTIONARIES SLANG JARGON REFERENCE GUIDEBOOKS HANDBOOKS MANUALS ENGLISH IDIOMS
- Bookseller catalogs
- English;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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