A Dictionary of RAF Slang
$23.83
- Hardcover
64 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2017
Summary
A retro 1945 book about the Royal Air Force’s slang words and phrases.
Passion-killers: Airwomen’s service knickers, whether twilights (the lighter, summer-weight variety) or black-outs (the navy-blue winter-weights). A wise directive has purposely made them as unromantic in colour and in design as a wise directive could imagine.
Thanks to the work of Eric Partridge in 1945, the hilarious slang of the Royal Air Force during the first two World Wars has been preserved for gener…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781405930598 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1405930594 |
| Author: | Eric Partridge |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 64 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 117g |
| Dimensions: | 185mm x 115mm x 9mm |
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Drop your visiting cards, put aside your beer-lever, stop being a half-pint hero and discover the gloriously funny slang which was part of everyday life in the RAF during two world wars in this classic book. * from the publisher’s description *
About The Author
Eric Partridge
Eric Partridge (1894-1979) was a New Zealand lexicographer of the English language. He served in the Australian infantry during WWI, during which time he developed an interest in military slang. In 1945, he wrote The Dictionary of RAF Slang after working for the air force, and wrote a total of over forty books about the English language over the course of his lifetime.
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