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A pocket dictionary of the vulgar tongue


Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791, author.
San Francisco : Chronicle Books, [2020] 2020

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How to Swear : An Illustrated Guide


Wildish, Stephen, author.
[Place of publication not identified] : Chronicle Books LLC, [2018] 2018

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Vulgar tongues : an alternative history of English slang


Décharné, Max, author.
New York : Pegasus Books, 2017. 2017

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The blue and gray almanac : the Civil War in facts and figures, recipes and slang


Nofi, Albert A., author.
Philadelphia ; Oxford : Casemate Publishers, 2017. 2017

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A dictionary of English rhyming slangs


Lillo, Antonio, author.
Berlin [Germany] ; Boston [Massachusetts] : De Gruyter Mouton, 2017. 2017

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In praise of profanity


Adams, Michael, 1961- author.
New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2016] 2016

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The vulgar tongue : Green's history of slang


Green, Jonathon, 1948- author.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2015. 2015

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The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English


Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2015. 2015

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Dictionary of contemporary slang


Thorne, Tony, author.
London : Bloomsbury, ©2014. 2014

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Dictionary of American English idioms and slang : a bridge to successful communication


Hunter, J. D.
[Charleston, SC] : [CreateSpace], [2014] 2014

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Bad English : a history of linguistic aggravation


Shea, Ammon.
[United States] : Tantor Media, Incorporated : Made available through hoopla, 2014. 2014

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Holy shit : a brief history of swearing


Mohr, Melissa.
Oxford [England] ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2013. 2013

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1811 dictionary of the vulgar tongue : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket


Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791.
[Auckland, New Zealand] : The Floating Press, 2013. 2013

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Holy shit : a brief history of swearing


Mohr, Melissa, author
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013] 2013

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Green's dictionary of slang


Green, Jonathon, 1948-
Edinburgh : Chambers, 2010. 2010

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Slang : the people's poetry


Adams, Michael, 1961-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009

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Slang : the people's poetry


Adams, Michael, 1961-
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009

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Slang rules! : a practical guide for English learners


Hargraves, Orin.
Springfield, Mass. : Merriam-Webster, 2008. 2008

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Dictionary of contemporary slang


Thorne, Tony.
London : A. and C. Black, 2007. 2007

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Yo, Jo!


Isadora, Rachel.
Orlando : Harcourt, [2007] 2007

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Slang! : the topical dictionary of Americanisms


Dickson, Paul.
New York : Walker & Co., [2006] 2006

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The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English


Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979.
London ; New York : Routledge, [2006] 2006

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An encyclopedia of swearing : the social history of oaths, profanity, foul language, and ethnic slur


Hughes, Geoffrey, 1939-
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, [2006] 2006

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Shakespeare's sexual language : a glossary


Williams, Gordon, 1935-
London ; New York : Continuum, 2006. 2006

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Urban dictionary : fularious street slang defined


Peckham, Aaron.
Kansas City, MO : Andrews McMeel Pub., 2005. 2005

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Cassell's dictionary of slang


Green, Jonathon, 1948-, author
London : Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 2005. 2005

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Cassell's dictionary of slang


Green, Jonathon, 1948-
London : Cassell & Co., 2000. 2000

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Slanguage : a cool, fresh, phat, and shagadelic guide to all kinds of slang


Ellis, Mike, 1961-
New York : Hyperion, [2000] 2000

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The Cassell dictionary of slang


Green, Jonathon, 1948-
London : Cassell, 1998. 1998

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A dictionary of euphemisms


Holder, R. W.
Oxford [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. 1995

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Aspectos lingüísticos de la rima en el argot inglés


Lillo Buades, Antonio, author.
Alicante : Universidad de Alicante, 1995. 1995

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Juba to jive : a dictionary of African-American slang



New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, [1994] 1994

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Random House historical dictionary of American slang



New York : Random House, [1994-<©1997>] 1994

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The city in slang : New York life and popular speech


Allen, Irving L., 1931-2002.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1993. 1993

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World encyclopedia of organized crime



New York, N.Y. : Paragon House, 1992. 1992

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The Oxford dictionary of modern slang



Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1992. 1992

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A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue


Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791.
New York : Dorset Press, 1992. 1992

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Common American phrases in everyday contexts : a detailed guide to real-life conversation and small


Spears, Richard A, author
Lincolnwood, Ill. : National Textbook Company, [1992] 1992

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Slang! : the topic-by-topic dictionary of contemporary American lingoes


Dickson, Paul.
New York : Pocket Books, [1990] 1990

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A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventi


Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979.
New York : Macmillan, 1990. 1990

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Wicked words : a treasury of curses, insults, put-downs, and other formerly unprintable terms from A


Rawson, Hugh.
New York : Crown Publishers, 1989. 1989

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NTC's dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions


Spears, Richard A, author
Lincolnwood, Ill., U.S.A. : National Textbook Company, [1989] 1989

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What did you say?


Trussell-Cullen, Alan.
Auckland, N.Z. : Shortland ; Melbourne, Australia : Rigby Education ; Crystal Lake, IL : distributed in the United States of America by Rigby, [1988] 1988

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A dictionary of slang : an alphabetical history of colloquial, unorthodox, underground and vulgar En


Farmer, John Stephen, 1854-1916
Ware [Hertfordshire] : Wordsworth Editions, 1987. 1987

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New dictionary of American slang


Chapman, Robert L., 1920-2002.
New York : Harper & Row, 1986. 1986

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A dictionary of catch phrases, British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day


Partridge, Eric, 1894-1979.
Briarcliff Manor, N.Y. : Stein and Day, 1977. 1977

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I hear America talking : an illustrated treasury of American words and phrases


Flexner, Stuart Berg.
New York : Van Nostrand Reinhold, [1976] 1976

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American talk : where our words came from


Dillard, J. L. (Joey Lee), 1924-, author
New York : Random House, [1976] 1976

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