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1) Speaking freely: a guided tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley

Author

Flexner, Stuart Berg

Pub. Date

1997

2) Listening to America: an illustrated history of words and phrases from our lively and splendid past

Author

Flexner, Stuart Berg

Pub. Date

[1982]

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An illustrated survey of the origins, evolutions, and meanings of thousands of phrases, and expressions unique to American English adds up to an entertaining, reliable history of modern American idioms and speech.

3) Dictionary of American slang

Author

Wentworth, Harold

Pub. Date

[1975]

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More than 2000 brand-new slang terms and familiar expressions that have acquired new meanings appear in the supplement. Altogether the volume contains more than 22,000 definitions.