A Dictionary of the Underworld (Routledge Revivals): British and American - Rilegato

Partridge, Eric

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ISBN 10: 1138904465 ISBN 13: 9781138904460

Casa editrice: Routledge, 2015

Riassunto

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.

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Contenuti

Foreword;  Abreviations and Principal Short References;  Signs and a Note on Arrangement;  A dictionary of the Underworld;  Addenda

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1138904465
• ISBN 13: 9781138904460
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 886
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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