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War slang : American fighting words and phrases since the Civil War /

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Dickson, an authority on American slang, offers an updated edition of his collection of fighting words and wartime phrases that Americans have used from the Civil War to the Iraq War (with a brief overview of the Revolutionary War). Terms and brief definitions and explanations are arranged chronolog...

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Main Author:	Dickson, Paul (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, D.C. : Brassey's, [2004]
Edition:	2nd ed.
Subjects:	Soldiers > United States > Language > Dictionaries. English language > United States > Slang > Dictionaries. Military art and science > United States > Dictionaries. United States > History, Military > Dictionaries. Americanisms > Dictionaries. Americanisms. English language > Slang. Military art and science. Soldiers > Language. United States. Soldatensprache Slang (taal) Oorlog. Verenigde Staten. Amerikanisches Englisch. Reference works. Dictionaries. Military history. Ouvrages de référence.
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