The Pocket Dictionary of American Slang: A Popular Abridgment of the Finest Dictionary of American Slang Ever Published

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AMERICAN SLANG - The highly colored many-flavored words and expressions of every sector of our national life--the beat generation Madison Avenue the underworld prizefighters teenyboppers addicts astronauts soda jerks and hobos. Slang is the popular expression of many sub-groups--some of which are the Army Navy & Merchant Marine immigrants hobos & tramps railroad workers baseball players & fans show business workers high school students & general teenagers college students financial district employees jazz musicians & fans narcotic addicts & the underworld. Each groups unique words are listed and defined amongst thousands of definitions of American Slang!