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Slang And Its Analogues Past And Present: A Dictionary, Historical And Comparative, Of The Heterodox Speech Of All Classes Of Society For More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms In English, French, German, Italian, Etc; Volume 1

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 6 - Henley, William Ernest, and Farmer, John Stephen
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Henley's exhaustive dictionary of slang provides a window into how language evolves over time. From the street argot of 18th-century London to the hip lingo of the 1960s, his entries demonstrate the colorful and creative ways in which people use language to express themselves. A must-have for anyone interested in the history of English and the quirks of language. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the ...

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 3 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781019584293

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Slang And Its Analogues Past And Present: A Dictionary, Historical And Comparative, Of The Heterodox Speech Of All Classes Of Society For More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms In English, French, German, Italian, Etc; Volume 1 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781019729045

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 6 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781019924174

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 3 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781021413093

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 6 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781021475756

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Slang And Its Analogues Past And Present: A Dictionary, Historical And Comparative, Of The Heterodox Speech Of All Classes Of Society For More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms In English, French, German, Italian, Etc; Volume 1 2023, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781021770387

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 5 2022, Legare Street Press

ISBN-13: 9781019224915

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Slang and its Analogues Past and Present. A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative of the Heterodox Speech of all Classes of Society for More Than Three Hundred Years. With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc; Volume 5 2022, Legare Street Press

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