Eric Partridge
1894
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1979
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: New Zealand
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: University of Queensland
occupation: lexicographer, writer, editor
Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II. Source: Wikipedia (en)
Works 15
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
Shakespeare's Bawdy
A dictionary of historical slang.
The Routledge dictionary of historical slang
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from A dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge
Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
A dictionary of catch phrases : British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day
A dictionary of cliche s
Origins
Dictionary of RAF Slang
Dictionary of the Underworld
From Sanskrit to Brazil; vignettes and essays upon languages.
Articles
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