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A Dictionary of the Underworld

British and American. Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge

By (author) Eric Partridge
Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Imprint: Routledge
Published: 14th Feb 2017
Dimensions: w 156mm h 234mm
Weight: 1670g
ISBN-10: 1138904473
ISBN-13: 9781138904477
Barcode No: 9781138904477
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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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