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Author:

Ostler, Rosemarie.

Title:

Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers : a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century / Rosemarie Ostler.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2003

Description:

xv, 239 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

English language--United States--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
English language--20th century--Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
English language--United States--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
English language--20th century--Dictionaries.--Dictionaries.
English language--Obsolete words.
Americanisms.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-222) and index.

ISBN:

9780195161465 (acid-free paper)
0195161467 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)52079651

LCCN:

2003008302

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

RAPD371 -- Jefferson Public Library (Jefferson)