This classic of Shakespeare scholarship begins with a masterly introductory essay analysing and exemplifying the various categories of sexual and non-sexual bawdy expressions and allusions in Shakespeare's plays and sonnets. The main body of the work consists of an alphabetical glossary of all words and phrases used in a sexual or scatological sense, with full explanations and cross-references.

1.Introductory 

2.Non-sexual bawdy 

3.Homosexual 

4.Sexual 

5.General 

6.Valedictory

Eric Partridge (1894-1979) Etymologist and lexicographer, best known for his lively and unconventional dictionaries which include A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English and Usage and Abusage.

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