The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang.pdf

THE ROUTLEDGE DICTIONARY OF

HISTORICAL SLANG

THE ROUTLEDGE DICTIONARY

OF HISTORICAL SLANG

ERIC PARTRIDGE

ABRIDGED BY JACQUELINE SIMPSON

This edition, first published in 1973 by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd is based on A Dictionary of

Slang and Unconventional English, first published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd in 1937 .

Revised and enlarged editions appeared in 1938, 1949, 1951 and 1961. From the last of these,

published in two volumes, this book has been compiled.

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ISBN 0-203-38096-7 Master e-book ISBN

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ISBN 0 7100 7761 0 (Print Edition)