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Eric Partridge

Author of Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

Also known as: Eric Partridge, Eric Honeywood Partridge, Lexicographer of Slang Eric Partridge

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Also wrote novels as Corrie Denison.

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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English 365 copies, 1 review
Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: From a Dictionary… 154 copies, 2 reviews
Shakespeare's Bawdy 141 copies, 1 review
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English 121 copies, 1 review
Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, and… 112 copies
Dictionary of the Underworld (Wordsworth Collection) 61 copies
A Dictionary of Historical Slang (Penguin Reference Books) 55 copies, 1 review
A dictionary of catch phrases, American and British, from the sixteenth… 49 copies, 1 review
You Have a Point There 32 copies
A Dictionary of Cliches: With an Introductory Essay 29 copies, 1 review
Slang - To-Day and Yesterday 21 copies
The Book of New Testament Word Studies (Bible reference library) 14 copies
Eric Partridge in His Own Words 14 copies
A CHARM OF WORDS. 10 copies

From Sanskrit to Brazil;: Vignettes and essays upon languages (Select… 6 copies

The Gentle Art of Lexicography: As Pursued and Experienced by an Addict 6 copies

A dictionary of Forces' slang : 1939-1945 5 copies

Adventuring among words 5 copies

Comic alphabets their origin, development, nature 5 copies

The Concise Usage and Abusage: A Modern Guide to Good English 4 copies

A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 4 copies

Dictionary of Royal Air Force Slang 4 copies

British and American English since 1900 4 copies

THE 'SHAGGY DOG' STORY. 4 copies

What's the meaning? A book for younger people 3 copies

name into word 3 copies

Frank Honywood, Private: A Personal Record of the 1914-1918 War 3 copies

Dictionary of Traditional First Names 3 copies

MacMillan Dictionary of Historical Slang 3 copies

Chamber of Horrors 'Vigilans'; A Glossary of Official Jargon Both English… 2 copies

Smaller Slang Dictionary 2 copies

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Waimata Valley, New Zealand (birth)

Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Moretonhampstead, England, UK (death)

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Oxford University (Balliol College)

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