Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge's books

Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English

3.93 avg rating — 198 ratings

Shakespeare's Bawdy

4.09 avg rating — 157 ratings

A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English

4.20 avg rating — 80 ratings

Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English

4.32 avg rating — 63 ratings

Dictionary of the Underworld

4.33 avg rating — 33 ratings

Slang To-Day and Yesterday

4.42 avg rating — 26 ratings

You Have a Point There: A Guide to Punctuation and Its Allies

4.14 avg rating — 22 ratings

A Dictionary of RAF Slang

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 17 ratings

A Dictionary of Catch Phrases

4.13 avg rating — 15 ratings

A Dictionary of Cliches

3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings