 |
 If
you need a guide to 'unconventional
English' - as slang and swearing
is often called - you might
try Cassell's Dictionary
of Slang, compiled by specialist
dictionary maker, Jonathan
Green. This guide contains
over 60,000 entries covering
slang from the sixteenth century
to the 1990s. It includes the
latest expressions from all
parts of the English-speaking
world, including Britain, North
America, Australia, New Zealand
and South Africa. This dictionary
gives definitions for thousands
of terms, ranging from the
jargon used by criminals in
Victorian London to the drugs
culture of the modern world,
via swear words, rhyming slang
and the often colourful language
of sex.
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here for details & orders at Amazon.co.uk
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