Eric Partridge

FOREWORD THE RE exists no good short dictionary of modern British slang: slang importantly current either throughout or for a longish period of the 20th century. To achieve this, I have abridged A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (16th-20th centuries)to about one-twelfth the size of...

FOREWORD THERE exists no good short dictionary of modern British slang: slang importantly current either throughout or for a longish period of the 20th century. To achieve this, I have abridged A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (16th-20th centuries) to about one-twelfth the size...