A Thesaurus of Slang by Rose, Howard N. , Comp - 1934

MacMillan. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1934. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Bound in red cloth, spine is mildly faded and soiled, titles are dulled, cover extremities are rubbed. Contents are excellent; binding is tight, pages are clean and unmarked. . Unlike most compilations of slang terms, this thesaurus is arranged into 14 subject categories, three of which have subcategories (Detective, Sports, and Theater). Within category or subcategory the arrangement is alphabetically by the English non-slang meaning of the term or terms, For example, Convict (n) : geezo, vic; All right (adj. ) : oke, okey-doke, aces-up, check. The intent of the author was to create a means by which authors writing fiction in a particular subculture could easily find the correct vocabulary terms as actually used in that subculture. This is the first edition. . 8vo - 8" to 9" tall. 120 pages. D5 .