The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English

The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English

by Eric Partridge

2007

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Enumerates slang words, provides quotations both to illustrate use and to date origins, cites other authorities, and applies usage labels. Included are slang and cant, colloquialisms, solecisms, catchphrases, nicknames, and vulgarisms.