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Author:
Cassidy, Daniel.
Title:
How the Irish invented slang : the secret language of the crossroads / Daniel Cassidy ; introduction by Peter Quinn.
Publisher:
AK Press,
Copyright Date:
2007
Description:
xix, 303 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Subject:
English language--United States--Slang.
Irish language--Influence on English.
Americanisms--History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Index. A Introduction / Peter Quinn -- ch. 1. Foclóir Póca - a pocket dictionary -- ch. 2. Boliver of Brooklyn -- ch. 3. The sanas (etymology, secret knowledge) of slum -- ch. 4. The gangs of New York talk back in Irish -- ch. 5. Songs of the crossroad -- ch. 6. The sanas of Faro and Poker -- ch. 7. How the Irish invented dudes -- ch. 8. The sanas of jazz -- pt. 2 -- A dictionary of Irish-American vernacular -- Index.
ISBN:
1904859607
9781904859604
OCLC:
(OCoLC)123114701
LCCN:
2006933530
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UXAX826 -- St. Ambrose University Library (Davenport)
URAX314 -- Clarke University - Nicholas J. Schrup Library (Dubuque)
GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

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