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Enumerates Slang Words, Provides Quotations Both To Illustrate Use And To Date Origins, Cites Other Authorities, And Applies Usage Labels. Included Are Slang And Cant, Colloquialisms, Solecisms, Catchphrases, Nicknames, And Vulgarisms. Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Observations Of Slang And Unconventional English -- Entries A-z -- Numeric Slang. Tom Dalzell (senior Editor) And Terry Victor (editor). Rev. Ed Of: Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English, 8th Ed.,1984, By E. Partridge And Edited By P. Beale. 2006 New Editorial Matter And Selection, Tom Dalzell And Terry Victor; Material Taken From The Dictionary Of Slang And Unconventional English, 8th Edition (first Published 1984), E. Partridge And P. Beale Estates--t.p. Verso. Includes Bibliographical References.