Wise-Crack Dictionary

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A lively compendium of over 1,000 American slang expressions from the 1920s - collected from thousands of everyday letters and documents - Wise-Crack Dictionary, edited by George H. Maines & Bruce Grant, captures the humor, grit, and colorful lingo of flappers, hobos, crooks, and city folk - a spirited snapshot of early 20th-century streetwise speech.