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Slang : the authoritative topic-by-topic dictionary of American lingoes from all walks of life / Paul Dickson.
LIBRA PE2846 .D43 1998
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dickson, Paul.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--United States--Slang--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- United States.
- Slang.
- Americanisms--Dictionaries.
- Americanisms.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 465 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition:
- Revised, updated and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Pocket Books, [1998]
- Summary:
- Completely updated with more than twice as many entries, this latest volume encompasses the whole colorful range of current American slang. Divided into twenty-nine categories, these are the words that make American English as expressive as it is fascinating. From high schools to the halls of Congress, this invaluable resource reveals the way Americans speak and think today.
- Notes:
- Includes bibiliographical references (p. 431-433) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0671549200
- OCLC:
- 37864462
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