A DICTIONARY OF CATCH PHRASES: British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

Partidge, Eric & Beale (ed), Paul

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ISBN 10: 0710211007 ISBN 13: 9780710211002

Published by Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom, 1986

Language: English

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Second Edition, Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, London 1986. xxvi + 384pp pb vg.

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A DICTIONARY OF CATCH PHRASES: British and American from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

Publisher

Routledge & Kegan Paul Ltd, United Kingdom

Publication Date

1986

Language

English

ISBN 10

0710211007

ISBN 13

9780710211002

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Paperback

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2nd Edition

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Very Good

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0.95 kilograms

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Explains the origins and meanings of many phrases popularly used in the British Commonwealth and the United States, including quotations for many entries

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'This is an entertaining work, rich in scatalogical and other forms of insult; it contains much material from the two world wars and the field of popular entertainment ... but maintains a fair degree of scholarly detachment'. - The Year's Work in English Studies

`A delightful dictionary to browse through.' - Sunday Times

`This dictionary can be read for the sheer fun of it - I read it on a rainy holiday and laughed constantly - but it is a useful book as well ... and like Mr. Partridge's dictionaries of slang ... will be indispensable.' - Paul Theroux

`This is for dipping, pottering and looking things up ... Much marvellous stuff here. I look forward to continuous pleasure.' - Punch

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