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Spectacle Lane Press. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1993. Paperback. 0969645430 . Nearly new except for minor cover wear; SIGNED by author. This copy 1992, Pigwidgeon Press, ; 223 pages; Signed by Author .
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CAR & MOTORCYCLE SLANG
by Poteet, Lewis
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Lilly on the Dustbin; Slang of Australian Women and Families
by Keesing, Nancy
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Penguin Books, Ringwood, Victoria, 1982. First Edition. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Victoria Roberts. Acknowledgements and introduction by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Victoria Roberts. Colour illustrated paperback binding, again by Victoria Roberts with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "Australian families can 'talk till the cows come home'. Nancy Keesing has collected examples of hilarious and down-to-earth expressions of women and their families from all over Australia."  from rear panel blurb. A collection of domestic and family slang from Australia  a long neglected study in linguistics. And the title of the book?, Comes from if a woman makes an assignation to meet somebody and they don't turn up  they feel stranded and unappreciated, just like a lily on the dustbin! Minor creasing of the book corners…
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Lilly on the Dustbin; Slang of Australian Women and Families
by Keesing, Nancy
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Penguin Books, Ringwood, Victoria, 1982. Reprint. Softcover (Illustrated). Good Condition. Illustrator: Victoria Roberts. Acknowledgements and introduction by author. The text is illustrated with black-and-white cartoons by Victoria Roberts. Colour illustrated paperback binding, again by Victoria Roberts with black and ochre coloured titles to the front panel and white coloured titles to the backstrip. "Australian families can 'talk till the cows come home'. Nancy Keesing has collected examples of hilarious and down-to-earth expressions of women and their families from all over Australia."  from rear panel blurb. A collection of domestic and family slang from Australia  a long neglected study in linguistics. Creasing of the book corners and curling of the front panel. The lower right-hand corner of the text has dog gearing to the lower right-hand corner of the book to page 8. Light tanning of the text block edges and pages. Fading to the backstrip.…
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Wanrong fang yan ci dian
by Wu, Jiansheng; Zhao Hongyin
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Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1997. 2, 31, 445p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Wanrong area in Shanxi. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.
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Danyang fang yan ci dian
by Cai, Guolu
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Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1995. 2, 30, 387p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Danyang area in southern Jiangsu. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.
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Lichuan fang yan ci dian
by Yan, Sen
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Nanjing: Jiangsu jiao yu chu ban she, 1995. 310p., very good hardcover in lightly shelfworn dj. Dictionary of the local dialect of the Lichuan area in Eastern Jiangxi. Part of a series edited by Li Rong.
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A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms
by Wilkes, G.A.
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Sydney: Sydney University Press. 1978. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made plastic sleeve. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. xii, 370 pages. . 1st Edition. Hardback.
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QPB Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins
by Robert Hendrickson
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Morris's Dictionary of Australian Words, Names and Phrases
by Morris, Edward E. and Oxon, M.A.
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Melbourne: Currey O'Neil. 1983. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Previous owners name [blind-stamp] to prelims. 525 pages. The historic work on the origins of Australian and New Zealand words, with 10,000 names, definitions and quotations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . Reprint. Hardback.
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The Australian Slanguage : A Look at What We Say and How We Say It
by Hornadge, Bill
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Sydney: Cassell Australia. 1981. Octavo Size [approx 15.5 x 22.8cm]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our clear archival purpose-made plastic sleeve. A nice copy. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 303 pages. . Reprint. Hardback.
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence.
by Grose, Captain [Foreword by Max Harris]
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London: Bibliophile Books. 1984. Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in our purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Unabridged from the original 1811 edition and with a foreword by Max Harris. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. Unpaginated. . Facsimile Edition. Hardback.
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A Dictionary of Americanisms on Historical Principles [Two Volumes]
by Mathews, Mitford M., ed
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Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press, 1951. First edition. Cloth. Good+ exlib copies with the usual markings, boards rubbed, leaves clean and unmarked. No dust jackets.. xvi, 1946. Sm. 4to. An important work.
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