Format:
1 online resource (112 pages)
ISBN:
9781628730173
Content:
The Cheaper the Crook, the Gaudier the Patter: Forgotten Hipster Lines, Tough Guy Talk, and Jive Gems explores the rich vocabulary of gangsters, hipsters, jazz musicians, and military personnel of the 1930s and '40s. Entries include definitions, etymology, and examples of usage. This delightful compendium celebrates the linguistic gems cut and polished during the Great Depression, World War I, and the postwar fifties-now forgotten or in danger of being forgotten.
Content:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- A Word or Two -- 1 Gumshoes, Gunsels, Mugs, and Molls Notes from the Underworld -- 2 Daddies, Dishes, Dreamboats, and Drugstore Cowboys Guys on Dolls and Vice Versa -- 3 Hipsters, Hepsters, Daddy-O's, and Zoot-Suiters Old-School Cool -- 4 Swabbies, Sad Sacks, Broke Dicks, and Jodies GI Jive -- 5 Wood Pushers, White-Shoes, Kibitzers, and Knuckle Busters Wise Words from Working Stiffs -- 6 Four-Flushers, Two-Timers, Bad Eggs, and Egg Suckers When Invective Was Really Effective.
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Additional Edition:
9781616084028
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781616084028
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=5669570
