Dictionary of the Underworld - Couverture souple

Partridge, Eric

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1853263613 ISBN 13 : 9781853263613

Editeur : Wordsworth Editions Ltd, 1995

Synopsis

This work looks at the area defined as "cant". It includes the vocabulary of "crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars, tramps, convicts and the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic and spivs", gathered from many countries and from obscure sources.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
• Date d'édition: 1995
• ISBN 10: 1853263613
• ISBN 13: 9781853263613
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 624
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible