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A Dictionary of RAF Slang
Eric Partridge
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Description for A Dictionary of RAF Slang
Hardback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: CBD; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 275 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
The perfect stocking filler for anyone who imagines themselves flying a spitfire . . .
Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in two world wars.
Passion-killers: Airwomen's service knickers, whether twilights (the lighter, summer-weight variety) or black-outs (the navy-blue winter-weights). A wise directive has purposely made them as unromantic in colour and in design as a wise directive could imagine.
Thanks to the work of Eric Partridge in 1945, the hilarious slang of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
64
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781405930598
SKU
V9781405930598
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Ref
99-99
About Eric Partridge
Eric Partridge (1894-1979) was a New Zealand lexicographer of the English language. He served in the Australian infantry during WWI, during which time he developed an interest in military slang. In 1945, he wrote The Dictionary of RAF Slang after working for the air force, and wrote a total of over forty books about the English language over the course ... Read more
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Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in the RAF during two world wars in this classic book.
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