A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms
- List Price: $49.95
- Binding: Paperback
- Edition: 4
- Publisher: Oxford Univ Pr
- Publish date: 05/01/1996
Description:
Amusing and informative, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms is a revealing guide to Australian language. Now available in a revised, updated and greatly expanded edition, it records our unique and inventive slang and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This famous dictionary, first published in 1978, combines the earliest and most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of sources - chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels - and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations. Enduring colloquialisms have as many as ten citations from original works, illustrating changing meanings and emphases. The fourth edition features 300 more colloquialisms and a new introduction.
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