Dictionary of the Underworld - British and American

List of contents

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

Summary

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. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Eric Partridge, Partridge Eric
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.05.2015
• EAN: 9781138904460
• ISBN: 978-1-138-90446-0
• No. of pages: 886
• Series: Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge; Routledge Revivals: The Selected Works of Eric Partridge
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, Language: history & general works, Dialect, slang & jargon, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Language teaching and learning, Language teaching & learning (other than ELT), Language: history and general works, Dialect, slang and jargon