ABSTRACT
First published in 1933 (this edition in 1939), this book sees Partridge introducing the reader to the eccentric lexicographers Wesley and Captain Grose. In an entertaining way, the book jovially explores and discusses various words and phrases such as "bloody", euphemisms, the Devil’s nicknames, various versions of slang, and familiar terms of address. He does so with light-worn learning making the book of interest to a whole variety of readers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |102 pages
An Etymological Medley
chapter |7 pages
Offensive Nationality 1
chapter |6 pages
Footpads and Highwaymen
chapter |7 pages
The Devil and His Nicknames
chapter |7 pages
Familiar Terms of Address
chapter |12 pages
Rhyming Slang, Back Slang, and other Oddities
chapter |11 pages
The Art of Lightening Work
chapter |7 pages
The Philology of Christmas
chapter |6 pages
All Fools' Day
chapter |6 pages
Representative Names 1
chapter |7 pages
American Cant
chapter |12 pages
The Word Bloody
chapter |12 pages
Euphemism and Euphemisms
part |29 pages
Semi-Biographical
chapter |8 pages
One of John Wesley's Side-Lines
chapter |9 pages
Johnson's Dictionary
chapter |10 pages
A Falstaff among Antiquaries
part |75 pages
Aspects of Soldiers' Slang: 1914-18