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Slang & Idiom Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Saints Days, Fasts, Feasts and Festivals (Reference)

Lobcocks and Fartleberries: 18th-Century Insults to Confound Your Foes

Roger's Profanisaurus (1998)

Yorkshire English

The Dinkum Aussie Dictionary

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

Jackspeak. The Pusser's Rum Guide to Royal Navy Slanguage

Spanish (Made Simple Books)

The Concise Scots Dictionary (Scots Language Dictionaries)

British-American Dictionary

Dicionario Ediouro Espanhol - Portugues

Harrap's French Slang Dictionary: English-French, Francais-Anglais

An Apple A Day: Old-Fashioned Proverbs and Why They Still Work (I Used to Know That ...)

The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang (Oxford Reference S.)

Shorter Dictionary of Catch Phrases

It's Not Rocket Science: And Other Irritating Modern Cliches

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms 3/e (Oxford Quick Reference)

Totes Ridictionary

Lancashire English

Dictionary of Contemporary Slang

The Prodigal Tongue: The LoveāHate Relationship Between British and American English

A Dictionary of Africanisms: Contributions of Sub-Saharan Africa to the English Language

The Penguin Pocket Spanish Dictionary (Penguin Pocket Books)

The Little Book of Foreign Swear Words

Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

Bloomsbury Dictionary of Popular Phrases

1000 English Idioms Explained (English Language): Home-grown and from Across the Pond

The Law Of The Playground: A puerile and disturbing dictionary of playground insults and games
