Slang down the ages : the historical development of slang
Green, Jonathon, 1948-2005
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This history of English slang documents verbal predilections for the racier side of life, at the expense of the more quotidian, let alone respectable. It tackles its subject theme by theme including parts of the body, sex and drink and drunkenness.
Main title:
Slang down the ages : the historical development of slang / Jonathon Green.
Author:
Edition:
Rev. ed.
Imprint:
London : Kyle Cathie, 2005.
Collation:
vi, 393 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This ed. originally published: 2003.Includes index.
ISBN:
9781856266376 (pbk)
Local class:
427.09
Language:
English
BRN:
444379