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Stories That Words Tell Us
by Elizabeth O'NEILL (1877 - 1951)XV. Slang
A history of English words, written for younger readers. Parental advisory: the text was published in 1918 and includes some ethnicity terms which may cause offense to the modern reader. - Summary by Kazbek
Listen next episodes of Stories That Words Tell Us:
XIX. The Moral of these Stories , XVI. Words which have changed their Meaning , XVII. Different Words with the Same Meaning, and the Same Words with Different Meanings , XVIII. Nice Words for Nasty Things