Eric Partridge
Eric Honeywood Partridge was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His writing career was interrupted only by his service in the Army Education Corps and the RAF correspondence department during World War II.
Books
A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
2003
ISBN 9781134929986
Origins
1958
ISBN 9780517414255
Slang to-day and yesterday
1933
ISBN 9780710069221
A dictionary of clichés
1940
ISBN 9780710000491
Shakespeare's bawdy
1947
ISBN 9780415255530
A dictionary of catch phrases, British and American, from the sixteenth century to the present day
1977
ISBN 9780812823219
Dictionary of Catch Phrases
1992
ISBN 9781134929993
Selected Works of Eric Partridge
2015
ISBN 9781317431572
The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: A-I
2006
ISBN 9780415259378
A dictionary of slang and unconventional English
1900
ISBN 9780710077615
The French romantics' knowledge of English literature (1820-1848)
1924
ISBN 9780836953558
Eighteenth century English romantic poetry (up till the publication of the "Lyrical ballads," 1798)
1924
ISBN 9780849220661
A book of English prose, 1700-1914
1926
ISBN 9780836953855
Name this child
1936
ISBN 9780241904664
The world of words
1938
ISBN 9780836953664
Usage and abusage
1942
ISBN 9780393037616
Journey to the edge of morning
1946
ISBN 9780836911015
Dictionary of the Underworld (Wordsworth Collection)
1949
ISBN 9781853263613
A dictionary of abbreviations
1949
ISBN 9781138912243
British and American English since 1900
1951
ISBN 9780837101897
You have a point there
1953
ISBN 9780203386095
A charm of words
1960
ISBN 9780836927078
Smaller slang dictionary
1961
ISBN 9780710083319
Adventuring among words
1961
ISBN 9780836968040