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Page 342
... slang . I have said slang sometimes verges on poetry - one may go further and say that seen from a certain angle of criticism slang is poetry . Slang is a language in the " making . " Poetry ( row ) is language made - or perfect . Slang ...
... slang . I have said slang sometimes verges on poetry - one may go further and say that seen from a certain angle of criticism slang is poetry . Slang is a language in the " making . " Poetry ( row ) is language made - or perfect . Slang ...
Page 379
... slang . Wipers and Eat Apples , for Ypres and Etaples , would be as much slang . Thieves ' slang , centuries old . BLOW THE GAFF . Universal -- not Army slang - long before BOSKY . on . GARE May I begin the criticism on your first list ...
... slang . Wipers and Eat Apples , for Ypres and Etaples , would be as much slang . Thieves ' slang , centuries old . BLOW THE GAFF . Universal -- not Army slang - long before BOSKY . on . GARE May I begin the criticism on your first list ...
Page 538
... slang ? sneezed at ; Organ - grinder's Lament ; Peeping Tom of Coventry ; Peter Potts the Peeler ; was -- and very likely still is the term Ratcatcher's Daughter ; Robert the Bold ; Susan's Sunday Out ; Sausage Machine ; Skying a Copper ...
... slang ? sneezed at ; Organ - grinder's Lament ; Peeping Tom of Coventry ; Peter Potts the Peeler ; was -- and very likely still is the term Ratcatcher's Daughter ; Robert the Bold ; Susan's Sunday Out ; Sausage Machine ; Skying a Copper ...
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