02445cam a22003373u 4500 77369 UtSlPG 20260610134807.0 m cr n 260607r20251926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PE Maines, George H. Wise-crack dictionary Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Release date is 2025-11-30 Carla Foust, Tim Miller and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) Wise-crack dictionary by George H. Maines and Bruce Grant is a slang dictionary compiled in the early 20th century. It gathers American vernacular and wisecracks from everyday life, drawing especially on the Jazz Age’s diverse subcultures. The likely topic is a lively survey of colloquial expressions—humorous, streetwise, and often profession- or scene-specific—intended to help readers understand current talk. The book presents an A–Z compendium of more than a thousand slang terms and punchy phrases, each followed by a brief, often jokey definition. It ranges across circus and stage patter, hobo and criminal argot, flapper and Broadway lingo, cowboy talk, and the chatter of gamblers, bootleggers, and city dwellers. Entries capture Prohibition-era habits (drinks, speakeasies), new technologies (radio, aviation, automobiles), social life (dating, dancing, fashion), money and the underworld (grifts, cops, jail), and everyday ribbing and repartee. A short foreword explains the sources (notably a newspaper prize contest) and the book’s aim to record living American speech; the tone throughout is brisk, humorous, and occasionally rough, reflecting its time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York: The Spot News Service Publishing Company, 1926 English language -- United States -- Slang Americanisms -- Dictionaries Grant, Bruce https://archive.org/details/wise-crack-dictionary/page/n1/mode/2up https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77369 118089 118089