Rawson's Dictionary Of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk: - Revised Edition - Being a Compilation of Linguistic Fig Leaves and Verbal Flou rishes for Artful

Hugh Rawson

ISBN 10: 0517702010 / ISBN 13: 9780517702017

Verlag: Crown, 1995

Beschreibung

[ No Hassle 30 Day Returns ][ Ships Daily ] [ Underlining/Highlighting: NONE ] [ Writing: NONE ] [ Edition: Rev Sub ] Publisher: Crown Pub Date: 10/10/1995 Binding: Hardcover Pages: 473 Rev Sub.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 6836339

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Rawson's Dictionary Of Euphemisms and Other Doubletalk: - Revised Edition - Being a Compilation of Linguistic Fig Leaves and Verbal Flou rishes for Artful
• Verlag: Crown
• Erscheinungsjahr: 1995
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0517702010
• ISBN-13: 9780517702017
• Einband: Hardcover
• Zustand: Good

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Inhaltsangabe

An updated volume highlights an additional six hundred entries and explains the meanings and origins of such universally vague terms as "delicate condition," "rooster," "massage parlor," and "covert operation." 12,500 first printing.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Hugh Rawson is director of Penguin Reference Books at Penguin USA.