A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries
A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

Author: Julie Coleman

Publisher: OUP Oxford

Published: 2008-10-23

Total Pages: 515

ISBN-13: 0191563587

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This book continues Julie Coleman's acclaimed history of dictionaries of English slang and cant. It describes the increasingly systematic and scholarly way in which such terms were recorded and classified in the UK, the USA, Australia, and elsewhere, and the huge growth in the publication of and public appetite for dictionaries, glossaries, and guides to the distinctive vocabularies of different social groups, classes, districts, regions, and nations. Dr Coleman describes the origins of words and phrases and explores their history. By copious example she shows how they cast light on everyday life across the globe - from settlers in Canada and Australia and cockneys in London to gang-members in New York and soldiers fighting in the Boer and First World Wars - as well as on the operations of the narcotics trade and the entertainment business and the lives of those attending American colleges and British public schools. The slang lexicographers were a colourful bunch. Those featured in this book include spiritualists, aristocrats, socialists, journalists, psychiatrists, school-boys, criminals, hoboes, police officers, and a serial bigamist. One provided the inspiration for Robert Lewis Stevenson's Long John Silver. Another was allegedly killed by a pork pie. Julie Coleman's account will interest historians of language, crime, poverty, sexuality, and the criminal underworld.

Tom and Jerry
Tom and Jerry

Author: Wendy Anne Wax

Publisher:

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781878685261

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Tom and Jerry must work together to help their new friend, Robyn, escape the clutches of her nasty guardian.

Tom and Jerry Meet Little Quack (Tom & Jerry)
Tom and Jerry Meet Little Quack (Tom & Jerry)

Author:

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2021-01-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0593306449

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A delightful vintage Tom & Jerry(TM) Little Golden Book back in print after nearly 50 years! Tom the cat can't help but chase his old buddy Jerry. It's usually fun and games, but this time Jerry has his hands full with a lost baby duckling in search of its mother. The clever mouse will have to think of something quick to convince Tom to help him out. This Tom & Jerry Little Golden Book from 1953 is perfect for kids and collectors!

Batman: Urban Legends (2021-) #4
Batman: Urban Legends (2021-) #4

Author: Meghan Fitzmartin

Publisher: DC Comics

Published: 2021-06-08

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13:

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-The penultimate chapter of the Grifter story is here! Grifter’s walking a deadly line between Lucius Fox and Halo’s plan...can he survive the endgame? Oh, and yeah, now Superman is after him! -As old wounds threaten to sabotage Batman and Red Hood’s investigation into the Cheerdrop drug turning Gotham City upside down, they run afoul of Gotham’s coldest criminal, MR. FREEZE! And the force behind the Cheerdrops will be banking on the former dynamic duo’s demise... -TIM DRAKE has returned to the streets of Gotham City and is seeking a new purpose, but what he finds is a string of young adult kidnappings committed by someone known only as “the Chaos Monster.” will Tim be able to get to the root of the kidnappings, or will he fall prey to them? Critically acclaimed Future State Robin Eternal writer Meghan Fitzmartin returns to tell this Tim Drake story with rising star artist Belén Ortega. -Acclaimed creator and actor Camrus Johnson writes an action-packed story featuring Luke Fox-the character he portrays on the CW’s hit television series Batwoman!-The penultimate chapter of the Grifter story is here! Grifter’s walking a deadly line between Lucius Fox and Halo’s plan...can he survive the endgame? Oh, and yeah, now Superman is after him! -As old wounds threaten to sabotage Batman and Red Hood’s investigation into the Cheerdrop drug turning Gotham City upside down, they run afoul of Gotham’s coldest criminal, MR. FREEZE! And the force behind the Cheerdrops will be banking on the former dynamic duo’s demise... -TIM DRAKE has returned to the streets of Gotham City and is seeking a new purpose, but what he finds is a string of young adult kidnappings committed by someone known only as “the Chaos Monster.” will Tim be able to get to the root of the kidnappings, or will he fall prey to them? Critically acclaimed Future State Robin Eternal writer Meghan Fitzmartin returns to tell this Tim Drake story with rising star artist Belén Ortega. -Acclaimed creator and actor Camrus Johnson writes an action-packed story featuring Luke Fox-the character he portrays on the CW’s hit television series Batwoman!