A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms

Now available in a fourth, revised, and greatly expanded edition, A Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms records the ingenuity of the Australian vernacular and provides a unique insight into Australian life and culture. This well-known dictionary, first published in 1978, offers the firstand the most recent colloquial coinages. Words and idioms are drawn from a wide range of historical and contemporary sources--chiefly newspapers, magazines and novels--and each entry is shown in context, with origins and derivations.
Author: Wilkes, G. A.

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Binding: Paperback

Language: English

ISBN-10: 019553798X

ISBN-13: 9780195537987