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Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the first and the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.
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G. A. Wilkes was foundation professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney and is the author and editor of innumerable books.
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G. A. Wilkes was foundation professor of Australian literature at the University of Sydney and is the author and editor of innumerable books.
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- PublisherOxford University Press
- Publication date1996
- ISBN 10 019553798X
- ISBN 13 9780195537987
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number4
- Number of pages432
- EditorWilkes G. A.
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