Sea Slang of the Twentieth Century

Introduction and etymologies by Eric Partridge; verbal shorthand below decks, eg 'a zeppelin in a fog' for dinner is sausages and mash.

Publisher: Winchester. First English edition
Edition: First Edition
Place Published: London
Original blue cloth. Front panel of dustwrapper tipped onto front free endpaper, spine sunned. Very good. No dustwrapper.


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