A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms
by Wilkes. G. A
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- ISBN 13
- 9780195537987
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Oxford University Press, 1996. Trade Paperback. 426 pages. 4th edition. A near fine copy in wrappers (paperback). Clean inside. No highlighting or underlining.
Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the first and the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.
Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the first and the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.
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- Bookseller
- Eureka Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms
- Author
- Wilkes. G. A
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 2
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 019553798X
- ISBN 13
- 9780195537987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- (london)
- Date Published
- 1996
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