A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Patridge /

Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979

A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Patridge / edited by Eric Partridge. - New York : Macmillan, c1989. - xxvi, 534 p. 24 cm.

First published in 1989 by Routledge...London--T.p. verso

Contains words which emerged in the twentieth century(Eric Partridge) and later twentieth century (Paule Beale). Aside from the the defintions ,the dictionary facilitates the awareness of word evolution and the change that word undergoes , which may affect the usage and meaning of a word.


English language

R PE 3721 .P258 1989