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Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the first and the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.
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A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms, G. A. Wilkes
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- Released
- 1978
- Binding
- (Hardcover)
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- Title
- A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms
- Language
- English
- Authors
- G. A. Wilkes
- Publisher
- Sydney University Press
- Released
- 1978
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 370
- ISBN10
- 0424000342
- ISBN13
- 9780424000343
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, Textbooks, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, References & Manuals, Languages, Language Dictionaries, Dictionaries, History Textbooks, Australia
- Description
- Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the first and the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.