Query about an abbreviation

[David Borowitz]

Historical Dictionary of American Slang:
http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Historical-Dictionary-American/dp/0394544277/

I figured it out from
http://www.acronymattic.com/results.aspx?q=hdas%20~american
To agree with Susan, it might be useful for someone to just have a website
somewhere with common abbreviations for works cited on the ADS-L list.

On 3/22/07, Susan Burt <smburt at ilstu.edu> wrote:
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> >> As would the 1910 example in the Dictionary of Americanisms, and the
> >> two additional 1910's cites in HDAS.
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> This HDAS is cited fairly often by folks on this list, but I (for one)
> do  not know what it stands for.  I can guess that it might be a
> H--(?) (Harvard?) Dictionary of American Speech, but that's just a
> guess.
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> Is anyone willing to give full bibliographic information for a relative
> newbie to the list?
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> Thanks,
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> Susan
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