Partridge, Eric 1894-1979

Overview

Works:	388 works in 3,487 publications in 8 languages and 48,149 library holdings
Genres:	Dictionaries Terms and phrases Reference works Glossaries, vocabularies, etc History Criticism, interpretation, etc Bibliography Music Personal narratives‡vAustralian Biography
Roles:	Author, Editor, Translator, Bibliographic antecedent, Author of introduction, Other, Annotator, Contributor
Classifications:	PE3721, 427.09

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Eric Partridge

Eric Partridge in his own words by Eric Partridge( Book )
The long trail; what the British soldier sang and said in the Great War of 1914-18 by John Brophy( Book )
Frank Honywood, Private : a personal record of the 1914-1918 war by Eric Partridge( Book )
A journal of summer time in the country by Robert Aris Willmott( Book )
Commemorative; ... leaflet commemorating Eric Partridge's 70th birthday( Book )

A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue by Captain Francis Grose edited with a biographical and critical sketch and an extensive commentary by Eric Partridge, M.A., B. Litt. (Oxon) by Scholartis Press( Book )
[Werke, Ausz., engl.] Eric Partridge in his ownn words by Eric Partridge( Book )
The old and the new : Christmas and New Year greatings (1929-1930) on behalf of Eric Partridge Ltd. (the Scholartis Press) by Eric Partridge( Book )
Annus haud mirabilis = (A wonderful year? -- Well, hardly!) by Eric Partridge( Book )
Raymond Dexter Havens papers by Raymond Dexter Havens( )
Horizon : a magazine of the arts( Book )
Eric Partridge collection by Eric Partridge( )
Interview with Dr. Eric Partidge by Fedora Gould Fisher( )
Ben Grauer papers by Ben Grauer( )
Jacques Barzun papers by Jacques Barzun( )
Greeting cards and commemorative pamphlet by Eric Partridge( )
Eric Partridge, a bibliographic study by Marian E Hughes( )
Greeting cards and commemorative pamphlet by Eric Partridge( )
Commemorative( Book )
Words, words, words! by Eric Partridge( )

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Most widely held works by Eric Partridge

A dictionary of slang and unconventional English : colloquialisms and catch-phrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms by Eric Partridge( Book )

480 editions published between 1937 and 2013 in 5 languages and held by 6,073 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On t.p.: Colloquialisms and catchphrases, solecisms and catachreses, nicknames, and vulgarisms

Usage and abusage : a guide to good English by Eric Partridge( Book )

322 editions published between 1942 and 2008 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,346 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Usage and Abusage is a classic that has stood up well to the passage of time. But language does evolve over the years, and new problems (such as the use of "hopefully") and current topics (such as "sexism") have engendered a whole new vocabulary, which cannot be omitted from any book discussing the English of the 1990s. In this new edition, Janet Whitcut has revised Partridge's popular reference book to reflect the language of well-informed writers, readers, and speakers today. In addition, she has added a section to the book entitled Vogue Words, which includes words such as "crash" "symbiotic," and "viable" that have acquired a power and an influence beyond those that they originally possessed. Usage and Abusage wittily attacks linguistic abusage of all kinds and offers constructive advice on the proper use of English

Origins; a short etymological dictionary of modern English by Eric Partridge( Book )

151 editions published between 1958 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 3,048 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This work is an etymological dictionary of the 12,000 commonest words in modern English

Shakespeare's bawdy : a literary & psychological essay and a comprehensive glossary by Eric Partridge( Book )

159 editions published between 1947 and 2007 in English and Undetermined and held by 2,510 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references

A dictionary of catch phrases, British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day by Eric Partridge( Book )

101 editions published between 1971 and 2000 in English and held by 2,161 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An abridged version of Eric Partridge's Dictionary of Catch Phrases, concentrating on those phrases in current use in the English-speaking world

Slang to-day and yesterday, with a short historical sketch and vocabularies of English, American and Australian slang by Eric Partridge( Book )

103 editions published between 1933 and 2013 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork

A dictionary of clichés : with an introductory essay by Eric Partridge( Book )

140 editions published between 1930 and 2000 in 4 languages and held by 1,773 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This work is full of things better left unsaid: hackneyed phrases, idioms battered into senselessness, infuriating Gallicisms, once-familiar quotations and tags from the ancient classics

A dictionary of the underworld : British & American, being the vocabularies of crooks, criminals, racketeers, beggars and tramps, convicts, the commercial underworld, the drug traffic, the white slave traffic, spivs by Eric Partridge( Book )

120 editions published between 1949 and 2004 in English and French and held by 1,520 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge( Book )

14 editions published between 2005 and 2013 in English and held by 1,151 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang.Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work

A concise dictionary of slang and unconventional English : from a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge by Eric Partridge( Book )

39 editions published between 1984 and 1999 in English and Undetermined and held by 986 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

On t.p.: From a Dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge. Includes 1500 new slang expressions

British and American English since 1900 by Eric Partridge( Book )

35 editions published between 1951 and 1975 in English and held by 937 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

You have a point there; a guide to punctuation and its allies by Eric Partridge( Book )

93 editions published between 1953 and 2016 in English and Undetermined and held by 880 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This standard work on punctuation has long been judged the foremost study of the subject. It reveals punctuation to be both an indispensable craft and an invaluable art - a friend not an enemy

The Macmillan dictionary of historical slang by Eric Partridge( Book )

76 editions published between 1972 and 2011 in English and German and held by 879 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Drawn from the Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, with the emphasis on the expressions used or coined before 1914

Name into word; proper names that have become common property; a discursive dictionary by Eric Partridge( Book )

46 editions published between 1949 and 1985 in English and Undetermined and held by 821 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A charm of words; essays and papers on language by Eric Partridge( Book )

22 editions published between 1960 and 1972 in English and held by 813 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The world of words; an introduction to language in general and to English and American in particular by Eric Partridge( Book )

61 editions published between 1938 and 2015 in English and Undetermined and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

First published in 1939, this book provides a brief but comprehensive view of language in general, and of English and American language in particular. It is suitable for beginners and those who wish to learn about the basics of linguistics

The gentle art of lexicography as pursued and experienced by an addict by Eric Partridge( Book )

19 editions published between 1963 and 2015 in English and held by 683 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The concise Usage and abusage; a modern guide to good English by Eric Partridge( Book )

37 editions published between 1954 and 1969 in English and held by 629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Here, there, and everywhere; essays upon language by Eric Partridge( Book )

24 editions published between 1950 and 1969 in English and held by 599 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The concise new Partridge dictionary of slang and unconventional English by Eric Partridge( Book )

12 editions published between 2007 and 2015 in English and held by 466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Enumerates slang words, provides quotations both to illustrate use and to date origins, cites other authorities, and applies usage labels. Included are slang and cant, colloquialisms, solecisms, catchphrases, nicknames, and vulgarisms

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