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Eric Partridge (1894–1979)

Author of Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

Includes the names: Vigilans.,, Eric Partridge, Eric Partridge, PARTRIDGE (Eric), Eric Honeywood Partridge

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Also wrote novels as Corrie Denison.

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Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English 523 copies, 2 reviews
Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: From a Dictionary… 200 copies, 2 reviews
Shakespeare's Bawdy 197 copies, 3 reviews
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English 169 copies, 1 review
Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English 168 copies, 1 review
A Dictionary of Historical Slang (Penguin Reference Books) 96 copies, 2 reviews
The Wordsworth Dictionary of the Underworld 87 copies, 1 review
A dictionary of catch phrases, American and British, from the sixteenth… 78 copies, 1 review
A Dictionary of Cliches: With an Introductory Essay 43 copies, 1 review
You Have a Point There 39 copies
Slang - To-Day and Yesterday 28 copies
Eric Partridge in His Own Words 21 copies
The Book of New Testament Word Studies (Bible reference library) 20 copies
A CHARM OF WORDS. 12 copies

The Gentle Art of Lexicography: As Pursued and Experienced by an Addict 10 copies

The 'Shaggy Dog' Story: Its Origin, Development and Nature (with a few… 8 copies

British and American English since 1900 8 copies

Adventuring among words 7 copies

From Sanskrit to Brazil;: Vignettes and essays upon languages (Select… 7 copies

The concise Usage and abusage; a modern guide to good English 7 copies

Here, there and everywhere: Essays upon language 6 copies

Dictionary of Forces Slang 1939-1945 6 copies

Name into word; proper names that have become common property; a… 6 copies, 1 review

Comic alphabets their origin, development, nature 5 copies

Smaller Slang Dictionary 5 copies

Chamber of horrors : a glossary of official jargon, both English and… 5 copies

Origins: The Encyclopedia of Words-Their Meanings, Etymology and Uses… 4 copies

Frank Honywood, Private: A Personal Record of the 1914-1918 War 4 copies

MacMillan Dictionary of Historical Slang 4 copies

Dictionary of Royal Air Force Slang 4 copies

A Dictionary of Traditional First Names 3 copies

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Waimata Valley, New Zealand

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Moretonhampstead, England, UK

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Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

Moretonhampstead, England, UK

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Oxford University (Balliol College)

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