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Jonathon Green, Green's dictionary of slang. Edinburgh: Chambers, 2010, 3 vols. pp. xxxi + 6085. ISBN 9-7805-5010-4403. £295.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 February 2012

Julie Coleman
Julie Coleman*
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School of English, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, [email protected]
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , March 2012 , pp. 193 - 199
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