The Penguin Dictionary of Historical Slang - Couverture souple

Partridge, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 014051046X ISBN 13 : 9780140510461

Editeur : Penguin, 1993

Synopsis

Nearly 50,000 entries recall the living speech of a world now largely lost. Often wry and flippant, occasionally "blue", and sometimes uproariously comical, they recapture the rich idiom of English life through the ages, bringing back to mind the vigour of Elizabethan phrase, the ribald language of dockside and pub, the richer coinages of messdeck and barrack, the euphemisms and witticisms of the Victorian drawing-room, and the irrepressible wit of errand boys and costermongers. The dictionary of slang and unconventional English was first published 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.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 1993
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 014051046X
• ISBN 13: 9780140510461
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 1072
• Éditeur: Simpson Jacqueline, Partridge Eric
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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