Allen, Irving L., 1931-

The city in slang : New York life and popular speech / Irving Lewis Allen - New York : Oxford University Press, 1993 - ix, 307 p. : ill., maps ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-287) and indexes

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