A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American (Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge) - Softcover

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Partridge, Eric

 
9781138904477: A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American (Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1138904473 ISBN 13: 9781138904477
Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2017
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1138904473
ISBN 13 
9781138904477
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
886

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