The City in Slang : New York Life and Popular Speech.

The American urban scene, and in particular New York's, has given us a rich cultural legacy of slang words and phrases, a bonanza of popular speech. Hot dog, rush hour, butter-and-egg man, gold digger, shyster, buttinsky, smart aleck, sidewalk superintendent, yellow journalism, breadline, strap...

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Main Author: Allen, Irving Lewis
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, USA, 1993.
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