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Eric Partridge

1894 - 1979

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  • Cover of: Usage and abusage: A guide to good English

    First published in 1942 34 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition usageabusageguid0000part Cover of edition usageabusagegui00part
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of slang and unconventional English: colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, vulgarisms and such Americanisms as have been naturalized.

    First published in 1900 31 editions in 1 language — 8 previewable Cover of edition dictionaryofslan00part Cover of edition dictionaryofslan0000part Cover of edition dictionaryofslan01part Cover of edition dictionaryofslan0000part_u2t6 Cover of edition dictionaryofslan0000part_s8x1 Cover of edition isbn_9780025949805 Cover of edition routledgediction00part
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  • Cover of: Origins: a short etymological dictionary of modern English

    First published in 1958 25 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition originsshortetym00part Cover of edition originsshortety00part Cover of edition originsshortetym0000part Cover of edition javaprogrammingf00wood
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  • Cover of: Shakespeare's bawdy: a literary & psychological essay and a comprehensive glossary

    First published in 1947 21 editions in 1 language — 4 previewable Cover of edition shakespearesbawd0000part Cover of edition shakespearesbawd00part Cover of edition shakespearesbawd00part_691
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  • Cover of: Slang to-day and yesterday: with a short historical sketch and vocabularies of English, American and Australian slang.

    First published in 1933 15 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition slangtodayyester00part
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  • Cover of: You have a point there: a guide to punctuation and its allies

    First published in 1953 14 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition youhavepointther00part_180
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  • Cover of: dictionary of the underworld, British and American.

    First published in 1949 11 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: world of words: an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular

    First published in 1938 10 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Smaller slang dictionary

    First published in 1961 10 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Name this child: a dictionary of English (and American) Christian names

    First published in 1936 8 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of clichés: with an introductory essay

    First published in 1940 8 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The French romantics' knowledge of English literature (1820-1848): according to contemporary French memoirs, letters and periodicals

    First published in 1924 7 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: English: a course for human beings.

    First published in 1949 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A charm of words: essays and papers on language.

    First published in 1960 6 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: A dictionary of the underworld: British & American, being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs.

    First published in 1950 6 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition dictionaryofunde00part
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  • Cover of: Literary sessions.

    First published in 1932 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Eighteenth century English romantic poetry: (up till the publication of the "Lyrical ballads," 1798).

    First published in 1924 5 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: British and American English since 1900

    First published in 1951 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition britishamericane0000part_j1a6
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  • Cover of: A Dictionary of Catch Phrases: American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day

    First published in 1977 5 editions in 1 language — 3 previewable Cover of edition dictionaryofcatc0000part Cover of edition dictionaryofcatc0000part_c8l4
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  • Cover of: Words, words, words!

    First published in 1933 4 editions in 1 language
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Subjects
English language, Dictionaries, Slang, Etymology, Americanisms, English language, slang, dictionaries, Terms and phrases, English language, terms and phrases, History, Dictionnaires, Engels, History and criticism, Language, Anglais (Langue), Cant, Errors of usage, Idioms, Language and languages, Usage, Anglais (langue), Argot, General, Grammar, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES, Personal Names
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Great Britain, United States, England, France
People
William Shakespeare (1564-1616), Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909), Eric Partridge (1894-1979), Joseph Addison (1672-1719), Richard Steele Sir (1672-1729), Robert Eyres Landor (1781-1869)
Time
18th century, 1950-, Early modern, 1500-1700

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September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
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June 7, 2012 Edited by VacuumBot Removed period from death date
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