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Odd Job Man: Some Confessions of a Slang Lexicographer Hardcover – January 1, 2014
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- Print length336 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication dateJanuary 1, 2014
- Dimensions5.67 x 1.22 x 8.74 inches
- ISBN-10022409758X
- ISBN-13978-0224097581
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- Publisher : Jonathan Cape; First Edition (January 1, 2014)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 336 pages
- ISBN-10 : 022409758X
- ISBN-13 : 978-0224097581
- Item Weight : 1.05 pounds
- Dimensions : 5.67 x 1.22 x 8.74 inches
- Best Sellers Rank: #6,013,359 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #289 in Lexicography
- #1,101 in Semantics (Books)
- #6,755 in Dictionaries (Books)
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About the author
Jonathon Green is Britain's foremost lexicographer of slang. His many publications include the Chambers Slang Dictionary, the Slang Thesaurus and Slang Down the Ages. He has also compiled dictionaries of quotations and oral histories of modern culture. His latest work is the multi-volume Green's Dictionary of Slang on Historical Principles.
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