Chambers Slang Dictionary

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN 13 : 9780550105639
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers Slang Dictionary written by Jonathon Green and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A scholarly reference to slang expressions from all parts of the English-speaking world includes coverage of twenty-first-century terms and lists explanations of word origins.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 9780304366361
Total Pages : 1600 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cassell's Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results

Author : E. M. Kirkpatrick
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1583 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers 20th Century Dictionary written by E. M. Kirkpatrick and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 1583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Chambers (Ed.)
Publisher : Chambers
ISBN 13 : 9781473608122
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers Dictionary of Great Quotations written by Chambers (Ed.) and published by Chambers. This book was released on 2015-08-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With over 25,000 quotations from over 4,000 sources, The Chambers Dictionary of Great Quotations is the category-leading quotations dictionary Welcome to a treasure trove of the wittiest, most insightful, most famous and most important words uttered in history. With more quotes than any other quotations dictionary, from more sources, with better international coverage and full author biographies rather than just a brief line, The Chambers Dictionary of Great Quotations is the only book you need. This new edition brings things right up to date with thousands of new quotations right up to 2015, mixing old favourites and new sources such as Barack Obama, Bradley Wiggins, Kurt Vonnegut, Arsene Wenger, Richard Dawkins, Seamus Heaney, Pope Francis and of course, 50 Cent. This is a browser's paradise stretching from ancient times to the present day. Entries are arranged alphabetically by author, starting with Diane Abbot's description of the United Kingdom's Parliament as 'a nightmare of elderly white males' and finishing with Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg telling us to 'move fast and break things'. Between those two extremes are just under 1000 pages of quotations, followed by a 350 page keyword index, so you can locate a quote even if you can only remember a single word or phrase. As well as literary quotations from important authors past and present this collection contains quotations from writers, critics, politicians and journalists. We have sought out memorable phrases from scientists, industrialists, entertainers, sportspeople, and many more, to reflect the diversity of modern life. And just as the world has changed since the last edition of this dictionary, so many of the hundreds of new quotations reflect these changes, and important global and local events. The Chambers Dictionary of Great Quotations includes quotations from over 4,000 sources, including: Jonathan Aitken, Woody Allen, Giorgio Armani, David Beckham, The Bible, Tony Blair, Don Bradman, Robert Burns, George W Bush, Catullus, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Brian Clough, Jarvis Cocker, Simone de Beauvoir, Charles Dickens, Tracey Emin, E M Forster, Stephen Fry, Joseph Heller, Charlton Heston, John Humphrys, Joan of Arc, Elton John, The Koran, Mao Zedong, George Melly, George Michael, Jo Moore, Andrew Motion, Friedrich Nietzsche, Sylvia Plath, Plato, Will Self, William Shakespeare, Stevie Smith, Kevin Spacey, Quentin Tarantino, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Victoria, Gore Vidal, Oscar Wilde, Michael Winner, Emile Zola and many more. If you've ever struggled with a half-remembered line or you've got a quote in your head and don't know where it comes from, this is the book for you. 'A fresh and lively collection... first-class' Sunday Times 'A wonderful volume... full of goodies' Irish Independent 'Chambers is the one I keep at my right hand' Philip Pullman

Author : Ian Brookes
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1204 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers 2-in-1 Dictionary & Thesaurus written by Ian Brookes and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 2008 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A great one-stop resource for reference and creative writing

Author : Mariusz Kaminski
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110312735
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.37/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Chambers Dictionary written by Mariusz Kaminski and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-08-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the literature on English lexicography there have been few attempts at a systematic study of the history of popular dictionaries that have been around for many years in English-speaking countries. A dictionary like Chambers deserves special attention because of its long tradition that goes back to the nineteenth century. Although it has gone through numerous editions, its history has received little attention from scholars. The book traces the development of the Chambers Dictionary from its origins to the present time by comparing corresponding parts of successive editions of the dictionary. This comparative approach aims to determine major trends in the evolution of the dictionary. It will provide scholars and interested students with insights into the Chambers lexicographers’ work, the goals they aimed to achieve, and the problems they had to face when revising the dictionary.

Author : Allied Chambers
Publisher : Allied Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9788186062258
Total Pages : 2054 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Chambers Dictionary written by Allied Chambers and published by Allied Publishers. This book was released on 2002 with total page 2054 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1583 pages
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Download or read book Chambers Twentieth Century Dictionary written by and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 1583 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Don Currie
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
ISBN 13 : 9780550100856
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers Dictionary of Quotations written by Don Currie and published by Larousse Kingfisher Chambers. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This second edition of Chambers Dictionary of Quotations offers even more inspiring, reflective, insightful, witty and wise words from across the centuries. With its broad historical scope, it is the ideal tool for checking a half-remembered line, finding a telling turn of phrase for a speech or essay, or simply browsing the accumulated wit and wisdom of the ages."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Jonathon Green
Publisher : Ntc Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780844208343
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Slang Through the Ages written by Jonathon Green and published by Ntc Publishing Group. This book was released on 1997 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Takes popular standard English terms and traces the development of their slang equivalents over the past 500 years