Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 1: A-G

Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Vol. 2: H-O

The Dictionary of American Slang

The Oxford Dictionary of Slang (Oxford Quick Reference)

American Slang Dictionary, Fourth Edition (McGraw-Hill ESL References)

McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions: The Most Up-to-Date Reference for the Nonstandard Usage, Popular Jargon, and Vulgarisms of Contempos (McGraw-Hill ESL References)

Oxford Dictionary of English Idioms (Oxford Quick Reference)

Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English: Colloquialisms, and Catch-Phrases, Solecisms and Catachresis, Nicknames, and Vulgarisms

Garner's Modern English Usage

The Rise and Fall of American Growth: The U.S. Standard of Living since the Civil War (The Princeton Economic History of the Western World)

The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Edition