Eric Honeywood Partridge (6 February 1894 – 1 June 1979) was a New Zealand–British lexicographer of the English language, particularly of its slang. His...
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Donald Eric Partridge (27 October 1941 – 21 September 2010) was an English singer and songwriter, known as the "king of the buskers". He performed from...
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A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (redirect from Partridge's Concise Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English)
English language Eric Partridge. The first edition was published in 1937 and seven editions were eventually published by Partridge. An eighth edition...
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Eric Partridge, Tom Dalzell, Terry Victor, The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: J-Z (2006), p. 1444-45. Eric Partridge,...
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2020. Retrieved December 9, 2022. Dalzell, Tom; Partridge, Eric; Victor, Terry (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:...
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Artist, James Joyce, (1964) p. 40 Partridge, Eric (1973). The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang – Eric Partridge. Routledge and Kegan Paul. ISBN 9780710077615...
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Dictionary of Slang. p. 83. ISBN 9780304366361. Eric Partridge; Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:...
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fiction produced in the early 1900s. According to British lexicographer Eric Partridge, the phrase "tall, dark and handsome" originates from cheap fiction...
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Owl Books. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8050-8132-9. Eric Partridge; Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (2006). The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English:...
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and Drink". Names. 16 (3): 238–272. doi:10.1179/nam.1968.16.3.238. Eric Partridge (2003). The Routledge Dictionary of Historical Slang. Routledge. pp...
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