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Page 368
... slang increases its its best in slang . Thus cab from cabrio- store of words by formation at home and let , bus from omnibus , mob from mobile , adoption from abroad . Looking at its " the fickle crowd , " were originally slang newly ...
... slang increases its its best in slang . Thus cab from cabrio- store of words by formation at home and let , bus from omnibus , mob from mobile , adoption from abroad . Looking at its " the fickle crowd , " were originally slang newly ...
Page 369
... slang term , summonsed , i.e. and an umbrella , a brolly . ( The two last served with a summons in the County have even strayed beyond the college pre- Court . Some of the slang adjective - sub- cincts , and been taken up into the gen ...
... slang term , summonsed , i.e. and an umbrella , a brolly . ( The two last served with a summons in the County have even strayed beyond the college pre- Court . Some of the slang adjective - sub- cincts , and been taken up into the gen ...
Page 374
become slang terms , and then good Eng- | first a slang word , and even in Grose's lish , to denote peculiar kinds of speech . time it meant , in general , to refit or rub The Irish brog , " a sort of shoe made of up old hats , shoes ...
become slang terms , and then good Eng- | first a slang word , and even in Grose's lish , to denote peculiar kinds of speech . time it meant , in general , to refit or rub The Irish brog , " a sort of shoe made of up old hats , shoes ...
Contents
Two CHAPTERS ON THE REIGN OF LOUIS | 67 |
THE STORY OF VALENTINE | 78 |
DR JOHNSONS WRITINGS | 91 |
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