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Keywords: 'Dictionary of American Slang' (this phrase)

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PA-50120-03Preservation and Access: Preservation/Access ProjectsOxford University Press, Inc.Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Volume III [HDAS]5/1/2003 - 4/30/2005$325,685.00Jesse Sheidlower   Oxford University Press, Inc.CaryNC27513-2009USA2003LinguisticsPreservation/Access ProjectsPreservation and Access32568503256850

The preparation of volume III of the Historical Dictionary of American Slang, which documents informal American English from colonial times to the present.

RT-20993-88Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - ToolsUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleHistorical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]7/1/1988 - 8/31/1991$95,848.00JonathanE.Lighter   University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTN37916-3801USA1988EnglishReference Materials - ToolsPreservation and Access8454311305845430

To support the editing of the first comprehensive dictionary of American slang.

RT-21414-92Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - ToolsUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleHistorical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]9/1/1992 - 8/31/1994$139,719.00JonathanE.Lighter   University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTN37916-3801USA1992EnglishReference Materials - ToolsPreservation and Access13971901397190

To support work on the first historical dictionary of American slang from the 18th to the 20th century.

RT-21551-94Preservation and Access: Reference Materials - ToolsUniversity of Tennessee, KnoxvilleHistorical Dictionary of American Slang [HDAS]9/1/1994 - 8/31/1996$171,720.00JonathanE.Lighter   University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleKnoxvilleTN37916-3801USA1994EnglishReference Materials - ToolsPreservation and Access17172001717200

To support the completion of the three-volume HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF AMERICANSLANG, a definitive work on American colloquial usage from the 18th century to the present.