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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, and Vulgarisms

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalised - Partridge, Eric, and Beale, Paul (Editor)
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The definitive work on slang, this dictionary gives a fully documented account of slang and unconventional English over four centuries and will entertain and inform all lovers of the English language.

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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalised 2002, Routledge, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780415291897

8th edition

Trade paperback

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachreses, Nicknames, and Vulgarisms 1985, MacMillan Publishing Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780025949805

8th edition

Hardcover

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms and Catch Phrases, Fossilised Jokes and Puns, General Nicknames, Vulgarisms, and Such Americanisms as Have Been Naturalised 1984, Routledge & Kegan Paul Books, London, England

ISBN-13: 9780710098207

8th Revised edition

Hardcover