title: NTC's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
author:  Richard A. Spears 
description: <B>Richard A. Spears, Ph.D.</B>, is a reference editor and former linguistics professor who has written more than 30 ESL dictionaries.
zlib_text: NTC’s
  Dictionary of
  American Slang
  and
  Colloquial
  Expressions
  third edition
  Richard A. Spears, Ph.D.
  
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