Partridge, Eric (1894 - 1979)

 

PARTRIDGE, ERIC (1894 - 1979) [EDITOR] / SIMPSON, JACQUELINE [EDITOR]

A dictionary of historical slang, 1972 [sold-verkocht]

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PARTRIDGE, ERIC (1894 - 1979) [EDITOR] / SIMPSON, JACQUELINE [EDITOR]

A dictionary of historical slang, 1972

Penguin Books, Harmondsworth. 1972. Paperback. Octavo softcover. 1064 pp. 12¾ x 19¾ x 4½ cm. 642 gr. Cover design by Mel Calman and Philip Thompson. ISBN-10 014051046X. Penguin Reference Books. Abridged by Jacqueline Simpson.

Excellent resource.

Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Slang, in which he assembled a striking collection of the rough words of past centuries and showed a remarkable knowledge of their use and origins, has been the standard work on the subject for years. This volume extracts the most valuable parts of that dictionary and includes all the expressions used or coined before 1914.

Nearly 50,000 entries recall the living speech of a world now largely lost. Often wry and flippant, occasionally 'blue', and sometimes uproariously comical, they recapture the rich idiom of English life through the ages bringing back to mind the vigour of Elizabethan phrase, the ribald language of dockside and pub, the richer coinages of messdeck and barrack, the euphemisms and witticisms of the Victorian drawing-room, and the irrepressible wit of errand boys and costermongers.

'Even a casual perusal of the pages is extraordinarily instructive and entertaining, presenting the reader with so much out-of-the-way information'- Sunday Times

Yellow pages due to age. Clean and tight. No inscription. Used. Good.

Booknumber: 20956

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