Stone the crows
DictionariesEnglish languageSlangLanguages & LiteraturesUmgangssprache
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"Drawing on the unique resources of the Oxford English Dictionary, Stone the Crows features over 6,000 slang words and expressions, from the British beer goggles, through the American cockamamie, to the Australian gigglehouse. This collection contains old favourites as well as the very latest slang terms. In addition to the A-Z entries, the book contains a comprehensive thematic index, details of origins, dates of first printed use, and thousands of illustrative quotations from famous names including John Lennon and Woody Allen."--Jacket.
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DictionariesEnglish languageSlangLanguages & LiteraturesUmgangsspracheEnglisch
About the author
J. A. Simpson
1953
Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary for 20 years until 2013, and author of memoir about time at OED called The Word Detective
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