Wise-Crack Dictionary

A lively compendium of over 1,000 American slang expressions from the 1920s - collected from thousands of everyday letters and documents - Wise-Crack Dictionary, edited by George H. Maines & Bruce Grant, captures the humor, grit, and colorful lingo of flappers, hobos, crooks, and city folk - a spirited snapshot of early 20th-century streetwise speech.