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2013. ISBN-13: 9781584774440; ISBN-10: 1584774444. Partridge, Eric, Compiler. A Dictionary of the Underworld, British and American. Being the Vocabularies of Crooks, Criminals, Racketeers, Beggars and Tramps, Convicts, the Commercial Underworld, the Drug Traffic, the White Slave Traffic, Spivs. Originally published: New York: The Macmillan Company, 1950. xv, 804 pp. Reprinted 2004, 2013 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584774440. ISBN-10: 1584774444. Hardcover. New. $75. * Reprint of the second edition. Thoroughly engrossing, A Dictionary of the Underworld offers definitions for such obscure terms and phrases as "witch-hazel man" (heroin addict), "eason" (to tell) and "budge a beak" (run away). "Once in about every generation a book is published which dominates its field. Such a book is Partridge's Dictionary of the Underworld, which is not only the first extensive work on the underworld to appear in the twentieth century, but also the largest in the English language. (.) It is truly a…
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- Title A Dictionary of the Underworld: British and American
- Author Eric Partridge; Compiled by Eric Partridge
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 824
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Lawbook Exchange, Ltd., Clark, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2013-07-08
- ISBN 9781584774440 / 1584774444
- Weight 3.59 lbs (1.63 kg)
- Dimensions 10 x 7 x 1.69 in (25.40 x 17.78 x 4.29 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects English language - Slang, Crime - United States
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004041400
- Dewey Decimal Code 427.09
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