DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG.Based on Historical Principles

WENTWORTH,HAROLD; compiled, edited. FLEXNER,STUART BERG

ISBN 10: 0671459104 / ISBN 13: 9780671459109

Published by Thomas Y. Cromwell 1960,1967, NY, 1960

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GOOD CONDITION IN GOOD UNCLIPT(S7.95) DUST JACKET.EX LIBRARY COPY, ACTUALLY QUITE NICE, BUT POSSESSING SPINE STAMPS TO DJ (ONLY).AND "sURPLUSS.lIBRARY" STAMPS TO EP.MINIMAL OTHER SIGNS OF LIB USE.CLEAN, SOLID,BRIGHT. ; SILVER SPINE & COVER TITLES ON GLOSSY BLACK CLOTH HARDCOVERS.WHITE ENDPAPERS. familiar RED & BLACK DUST JACKET. with notes on word origins,approximate dates earliest use.cross referenced. Finest Dictionary of American Slang Ever Published; 718PG pages; .this lexicon represents all periods of American history, from phrases out of the 1880s, such as carrot-top for "redhead,"It includes obsolete phrases such as canoeing for "making-out,".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: DICTIONARY OF AMERICAN SLANG.Based on Historical Principles
• Publisher: Thomas Y. Cromwell 1960,1967, NY
• Publication Date: 1960
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0671459104
• ISBN 13: 9780671459109
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Illustrated by Clyne, RONALD DJ DESIGN
• Edition: supplemented Edition"; 6789pt line.
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good

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Synopsis

AMERICAN SLANG - The highly colored, many-flavored words and expressions of every sector of our national life--the beat generation, Madison Avenue, the underworld, prizefighters, teenyboppers, addicts, astronauts, soda jerks, and hobos. Slang is the popular expression of many sub-groups--some of which are the Army, Navy & Merchant Marine, immigrants, hobos & tramps, railroad workers, baseball players & fans, show business workers, high school students & general teenagers, college students, financial district employees, jazz musicians & fans, narcotic addicts, & the underworld. Each group's unique words are listed and defined amongst thousands of definitions of American Slang!