A dictionary of slang and unconventional English
colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms, and such Americanisms as have been naturalized.
3d ed., rev. and much enl.
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Word Count
307,500 words, Guess
Page Count
1,230 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL6068805M
- OCLC Control Number1454083
- Library of Congress Control Number50006983
- LibraryThing14117
Classifications
- DDC427
- LCCPE3721 .P3 1950
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On t.p.: Colloquialisms and catchphrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms.
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