| a. | ante
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| adj./adjs. | adjective/adjectives
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| adv./advs. | adverb/adverbs
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| Afk. | Afrikaans
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| Amer. | American
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| Anglo-Ind. | Anglo-Indian (in usage labels)
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| Antg. | Antiguan
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| Anthol. | Anthology
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| approx. | approximate/approximately
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| AS | Anglo-Saxon
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| attrib. | attributive/attributively
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| Aus. | Australia/Australian
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| Autobiog. | Autobiography
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| backform. | backformation
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| backsl. | backslang
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| Baha. | Bahamian
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| Bdos | Barbadian
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| Bel. | Belizean
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| Bk/bk | Book/book
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| C | century
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| c. | circa
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| Calif. | California
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| Can. | Canadian
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| Carib. | Caribbean
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| Carib.E. | Caribbean English
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| Ch. | Chapter
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| Col. | Colonel
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| col. | column
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| Coll. | Collected
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| Colloq./colloq. | Colloquial/colloquial
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| comb./combs. | combination/combinations
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| con. | context
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| Contemp. | Contemporary
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| Da. | Danish
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| derog. | derogative/derogatory
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| dial. | dialect
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| Dict. | Dictionary
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| dimin. | diminutive
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| Dmnca | Dominican
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| Du. | Dutch
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| ed. | editor/edited by
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| edn | edition
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| eds. | editors
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| Encyc. | Encyclopedia
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| Eng. | English
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| esp. | especially
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| ety./etys. | etymology/etymologies
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| Etym. | Etymological
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| euph. | euphemism/euphemistic
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| Eve. | Evening
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| excl. | exclamation
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| ext. | extension/extended
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| f. | from
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| fem. | feminine
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| fig. | figurative/figuratively
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| form. | formation
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| Fr. | French
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| Gaz. | Gazette
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| Ger. | German
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| Gk | Greek
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| Gloss. | Glossary
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| Gren. | Grenadian
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| Guyn. | Guyanese
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| Hbk | Handbook
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| Heb. | Hebrew
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| Hind. | Hindi
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| Hisp. | Hispanic
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| Hist. | History
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| Ibid. | ibidem (in the same book)
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| Icel. | Icelandic
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| Illus. | Illustrated
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| illus. | illustration
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| imper. | imperative
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| Ind. | Indian
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| Indep. | Independent
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| interrog. | interrogative
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| Ital. | Italian
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| Jam. | Jamaican
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| Jap. | Japanese
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| joc. | jocular
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| journ. | journalistic
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| Jr | Junior
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| Jrnl | Journal
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| juv. | juvenile
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| L.A. | Los Angeles
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| Lang. | Language
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| Lat. | Latin
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| Lex. | Lexicon
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| Lib. | Library
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| Ling.Fr. | Lingua Franca
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| Lit. | Literature
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| lit. | literally/literal
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| Mag./mag. | Magazine/magazine
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| masc. | masculine
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| MDu. | Middle Dutch
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| ME | Middle English
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| Med. | Medieval
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| Mex. | Mexican
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| MHG | Middle High German
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| milit. | military
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| Misc. | Miscellany
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| mispron. | mispronunciation
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| mis-sp. | mis-spelling
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| MLG | Middle Low German
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| Ms./ms. | Manuscript/manuscript
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| Mss./mss. | Manuscripts/manuscripts
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| n. | noun
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| naut. | nautical
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| N.O. | New Orleans
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| No./no. | Number/number
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| Norw. | Norwegian
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| N.Y. | New York
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| N.Z. | New Zealand
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| obs. | obsolete
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| occas. | occasionally
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| OE | Old English
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| OF | Old French
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| OHG | Old High German
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| ON | Old Norse
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| onomat. | onomatopoeia/onomatopoeic
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| Orig. | Original
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| orig. | originally
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| pej. | pejorative
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| Pers. | Persian
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| Phila. | Philadelphia
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| phr./phrs. | phrase/phrases
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| pfx | prefix
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| pl. | plural
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| Port. | Portuguese
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| poss. | possibly
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| P.R. | Puerto Rico/Puerto Rican
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| prep. | preposition
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| prev. | previous entry or subentry
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| prob. | probably
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| pron. | pronunciation
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| Pt | Part
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| publ. | published
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| pvb | proverb
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| RAF | Royal Air Force
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| redup. | reduplication
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| ref. | reference
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| rhy. sl. | rhyming slang
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| RN | Royal Navy
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| Rom. | Romany
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| Rus. | Russian
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| S. Afr. | (in titles) South Africa/South African
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| S.Afr. | (in usage labels) South African
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| S.Afr.E. | South African English
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| S.Afr.Du. | South African Dutch
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| St | Saint/Street
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| St Lu. | St Lucian
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| SAmE | Standard American English
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| Sat. | Saturday
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| SAusE | Standard Australian English
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| Sc. | Scene
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| Scot. | Scottish
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| SE | Standard English
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| Sec. | Secretary
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| Sel. | Selected
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| Ser. | Series
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| S.F. | San Francisco
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| SF | science fiction
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| sfx | suffix
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| sing. | singular
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| Skrt | Sanskrit
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| Sl./sl. | Slang/slang
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| SNZE | Standard New Zealand English
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| Sp. | Spanish
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| sp. | spelling
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| spec. | specifically
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| subseq. | subsequent/subsequently
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| Sun. | Sunday
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| Sw. | Swedish
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| synd. | syndicated
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| synon. | synonym/synonymous
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| Thes. | Thesaurus
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| Tob. | Tobagonian
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| trad. | traditionally/traditional
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| trans. | translator/translated by
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| Trib. | Tribune
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| Trin. | Trinidadian
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| t/s | typescript
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| Turk. | Turkish
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| UKVI | UK Virgin Islands
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| ult. | ultimately
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| Und. | Underworld (i.e. criminal cant)
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| unpub. | unpublished
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| US | United States
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| USVI | US Virgin Islands
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| usu. | usually
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| v. | verb
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| var. | variation/variant
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| Vocab. | Vocabulary
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| Vol. | Volume
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| Wash. | Washington
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| W.I. | West Indian
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| WWI | First World War
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| WWII | Second World War
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| Yid. | Yiddish
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| Yorks. | Yorkshire
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| ADS-L | American Dialect Society List
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| AND | Australian National Dictionary
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| AS | American Speech
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| B | John Bartlett Dictionary of Americanisms
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| B&L | Albert Barrère and Charles G. Leland Dictionary of Slang etc.
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| B.E. | B.E., Gent. Dictionary of the Canting Crew
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| Bee | ‘Jon Bee’ Dictionary of the Turf etc.
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| BS | Bernard Share Slanguage
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| CUSS | College Undergraduate Slang Study by Collin Baker et al.
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| DA | Dictionary of Americanisms by Mitford M. Mathew
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| DAE | Dictionary of American English by William Craigie
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| DARE | Dictionary of American Regional English ed. Frederic Gomes Cassidy and Joan Houston Hall
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| DAUL | Dictionary of American Underworld Lingo by Hyman E. Goldin et al.
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| DAUS | Dictionary of Australian Underworld Slang by Gary Simes
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| DJE | Dictionary of Jamaican English ed. Frederic Gomes Cassidy and R.B. LePage
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| DN | Dialect Notes
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| DNZE | Dictionary of New Zealand English ed. H.W. Orsman
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| DSAE | Dictionary of South African English ed. Penny Silva
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| DSUE | Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Eric Partridge
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| DU | Dictionary of the Underworld by Eric Partridge
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| EDD | English Dialect Dictionary by Joseph Wright
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| Egan’s Grose | Pierce Egan Grose’s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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| F&H | John S. Farmer and W.E. Henley Slang and Its Analogues
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| GAW | G.A. Wilkes Dictionary of Australian Colloquialisms (plus number for edition, e.g. GAW4 for 4th edition)
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| Grose | Francis Grose Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
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| GS | Gary Simes ‘Gay Slang Lexicography in Dictionaries’ in Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America
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| Harman | Thomas Harman Caveat for Common Cursetours
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| HDAS | Historical Dictionary of American Slang by Jonathan Lighter
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| Hotten | John Camden Hotten Dictionary of Modern Slang etc.
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| JSF | John S. Farmer Americanisms
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| KH | Kenneth Hudson Language of the Teenage Revolution
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| Lex. Bal. | Lexicon Balatronicum
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| Matsell | George W. Matsell Vocabulum
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| N | Robert Nares A Glossary
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| N&Q | Notes and Queries
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| NDAS | New Dictionary of American Slang by Robert L. Chapman
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| OED | Oxford English Dictionary
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| PADS | Publications of the American Dialect Society
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| Partridge | Eric Partridge (see DSUE and DU above)
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| R | Hugh Rawson Dictionary of Invective
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| Vaux | James Hardy Vaux Memoirs
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| W&F | Harold Wentworth and Stuart B. Flexner Dictionary of American Slang
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| Ware | J. Redding Ware Passing English of the Victorian Era
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| WELS | Wisconsin English Language Survey ed. Frederic Gomes Cassidy
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| Williams | Gordon Williams Dictionary of Sexual Language etc.
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| Y&B | Henry Yule and A.C. Burnell Hobson-Jobson
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