The Routledge Dictionary of Historical SlangRoutledge, 2 set 2003 - 1066 pagine Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914. |
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The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang Eric Partridge,Jacqueline Simpson Anteprima limitata - 1973 |
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