Author Name: GREEN, Jonathan
Title: SLANG DOWN THE AGES. The Historical Development of Slang
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine Dj
Edition: First Edition
Size: 8vo
Publisher: London Kyle Cathie Ltd 1993
ISBN Number: 1856261158 / 9781856261159
Seller ID: 900646
vi+393pp. A fascinating study of slang, tackling the subject theme by theme and tracing the development of the words over the past five hundred years. Some expressions originated in Britain and moved on to America, Australia and beyond, whilst many of the newer words travelled in the opposite direction. Sections include Money, Drinking and Food, Clothing, Sex, Beggars, Prostitution, Police, the Thief, Imprisonment, Execution etc. along with some more explicit tersm which have sometimes not changed much at all! Includes Index.
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