Dickson's word treasury : a connoisseur's collection of old and new, weird and wonderful, useful and outlandish words / Paul Dickson.
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TextPublisher: New York : Wiley, [1992]Copyright date: ©1992Description: vi, 378 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0471551686
- 9780471551683
- Word treasury
- Dickson, Paul. Words
- 428.1 20
- PE1449 .D52 1992
Contents:
Acronyms -- Alimentary Words -- Animal Talk I -- Bluff Words -- Body English -- British Words -- Curses -- Decorative Words -- Dress Words -- Fillers -- Game Names -- Human Conditions -- Magic Words -- Medical Terms -- Monsters -- Neologisms -- Oddities -- Performing Words -- Pidgin -- Prophetic Words -- Punks -- Sexy Words -- Slogans -- Studious Words -- Temporal Terms -- Travel Words -- Words at Work -- Written Words -- The Last Word.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 428.1 DIC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A071235B |
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Rev. and expanded ed. of: Words. 1982.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and index.
Acronyms -- Alimentary Words -- Animal Talk I -- Bluff Words -- Body English -- British Words -- Curses -- Decorative Words -- Dress Words -- Fillers -- Game Names -- Human Conditions -- Magic Words -- Medical Terms -- Monsters -- Neologisms -- Oddities -- Performing Words -- Pidgin -- Prophetic Words -- Punks -- Sexy Words -- Slogans -- Studious Words -- Temporal Terms -- Travel Words -- Words at Work -- Written Words -- The Last Word.
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