A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words, used at the present day in the streets of London; the universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the houses of Parliament; the dens of St. Giles; and the palaces of St. James; preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language; with glossaries of two secret languages, spoken by the wandering tribes of London, the costermongers, and the patterers, /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London,
John Camden Hotten, antiquarian bookseller, Piccadilly,
1859.
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| Item Description: | Accession #: 2020_0001 The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell. Later issued under title: The slang dictionary. Frontispiece map titled, A cadger's map of a begging district [with an] explanation of the hieroglyphics. |
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| Physical Description: | xlvii, 160 pages : map ; 18 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-160). |