Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
A Dictionary of the Underworld
Author: Eric Partridge
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 131744552X
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 2680
Book Description
First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
Nutrition, Health and Athletic Performance
Author: Kelly Pritchett
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038426261
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Nutrition, Health and Athletic Performance" that was published in Nutrients
Publisher: MDPI
ISBN: 3038426261
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 529
Book Description
This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Nutrition, Health and Athletic Performance" that was published in Nutrients
Official Testimony Taken Before the Legislative Insurance Investigating Committee of the State of New York by Authority of a Joint Resolution of the Legislature ... July 10, 1905 ...
Author: New York (State). Legislature. Joint committee on investigation of life insurance
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
United States Exports of Domestic and Foreign Merchandise
Author:
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Category : Commercial products
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
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Category : Commercial products
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary
Author: William Smith
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382107457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3382107457
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 1030
Book Description
Reprint of the original. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Author: United States. Naval History Division
Publisher: Department of the Navy
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
Publisher: Department of the Navy
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 780
Book Description
A General Bibliographical Dictionary
Author: Friedrich Adolf Ebert
Publisher:
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Category : Universal bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Universal bibliography
Languages : en
Pages : 550
Book Description
Mining Engineers' Handbook
Author: Robert Peele
Publisher:
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Category : Mining engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 2550
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Mining engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 2550
Book Description
Board of Contract Appeals Decisions
Author: United States. Armed Services Board of Contract Appeals
Publisher:
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Category : Defense contracts
Languages : en
Pages : 2264
Book Description
The full texts of Armed Services and othr Boards of Contract Appeals decisions on contracts appeals.
Publisher:
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Category : Defense contracts
Languages : en
Pages : 2264
Book Description
The full texts of Armed Services and othr Boards of Contract Appeals decisions on contracts appeals.
A Descriptive Catalogue of the Government Publications of the United States, September 5, 1774-March 4, 1881
Author: Benjamin Perley Poore
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description