A Dictionary of Catch Phrases, American and British, from the Sixteenth Century to the Present Day / Eric Partridge - Hardcover

Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new and still in the publisher's protective shrink-wrap. ; 384 pages; Description: xxv, 384 p. ; 24 cm. Subjects: English language --Terms and phrases. English language --Slang --Dictionaries.