Green’s Dictionary of Slang is a groundbreaking work. Every word and phrase is authenticated by genuine and fully-referenced citations of its use, giving the work a level of authority and scholarship unmatched by any other publication in this field. A remarkable collection of this often reviled but endlessly fascinating area of the English language, it covers slang from the past five centuries right up to the present day, from all the different English-speaking countries and regions. This three-volume set of Green’s Dictionary of Slang demonstrate the sheer scope of a lifetime of research by Jonathon Green, the leading slang lexicographer of our time. ‘The reference work of the vulgar tongue to which all others must now be referred English slang in more detail than any lexicographer before him’ The Telegraph The greatest survey of slang ever published – winner of the 2012 Dartmouth Medal.
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