02278oam 2200589I 450 991082887340332120240410010627.01-138-91224-71-315-69204-X1-317-43193-610.4324/9781315692043 (CKB)2670000000609879(EBL)2028222(SSID)ssj0001561909(PQKBManifestationID)16204725(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001561909(PQKBWorkID)14833093(PQKB)10988597(MiAaPQ)EBC2028222(OCoLC)907773490(EXLCZ)99267000000060987920180706e20151942 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrA dictionary of abbreviations with especial attention to war-time abbreviations /Eric Partridge1st ed.Abingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2015.1 online resource (108 p.)Routledge RevivalsFirst published in 1942 by George Allen and Unwin Limited.1-138-91212-3 1-317-43194-4 Cover; Title; Copyright; Original Title; Original Copyright<P>First published in 1942, this dictionary was designed to help civilians and members of H.M. forces to make their way amid the jungle of wartime abbreviations. The preface notes that newspaper readers, sailors, soldiers and airmen had to thrust themselves, like explorers, into these abbreviations in search of truth, or the execution of their martial duty and hence, a dictionary was necessary. This book will be of interest to scholars of history and language, as well as the more general, interested reader.</P>Routledge revivals.English languageJargonDictionariesAbbreviations, EnglishEnglish languageJargonAbbreviations, English.499.5499/.5423.15Partridge Eric1894-1979.,90783FlBoTFGFlBoTFGBOOK9910828873403321A dictionary of abbreviations3982228UNINA