A DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN COLLOQUIALISMS NEW PB EDTN. BY G.A.WILKES
"A DICTIONARY OF AUSTRALIAN COLLOQUIALISMS" RECORDS THE VIGOUR AND ORIGINALITY OF THE AUSTRALIAN VERNACULAR, PROVIDING A UNIQUE INSIGHT INTO AUSTRALIAN LIFE AND CULTURE. WORDS AND IDIOMS ARE DRAWN FROM A WIDE RANGE OF HISTORICAL AND CONTEMPORARY SOURCES, AND EACH ENTRY IS SHOWN IN CONTEXT, WITH ORIGINS AND DERIVATIONS GIVEN. A REVEALING GUIDE TO AUSTRALIAN LANGUAGE AND AN INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE. THE THIRD UPDATED EDITION PUBLISHED BY THE SYDNEY UNIVERSITY PRESS IN 1990, PB SMALL OCTAVO, 362