Lexicon Balatronicum

Lexicon Balatronicum PDF Author: Francis Grose
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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Lexicon Balatronicum

Lexicon Balatronicum PDF Author: Francis Grose
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 262

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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue PDF Author: Francis Grose
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5043821477
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 443

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A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue PDF Author: Captain Francis Grose
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 1797203436
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 177

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A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is a profane guide to the slang from the backstreets and taverns of 18th-century London. This slang dictionary gathers the most amusing and useful terms from English history and helpfully presents them to be used in the conversations of our modern day. Originally published in 1785, the Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was one of the first lexicons of English slang, compiled by a militia captain who collected the terms he overheard on his late-night excursions to London's slums, dockyards, and taverns. Now the legacy lives on in this colorful pocket dictionary. • Learn the origin of phrases like "birthday suit" and discover slang lost to time. • An unexpected marriage of lowbrow humor and highbrow wit Discover long lost antique slang and curse words and learn how to incorporate them into modern conversation. A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is perfect for enlivening contemporary conversation with historical phrases; it includes a topical list of words for money, drunkenness, the amorous congress, male and female naughty bits, and so on. • A funny book for wordplay, language, swearing, and insult fans, as well as fans of British humor and culture • Perfect for those who loved How to Speak Brit: The Quintessential Guide to the King's English, Cockney Slang, and Other Flummoxing British Phrases by Christopher J. Moore; Knickers in a Twist: A Dictionary of British Slang by Jonathan Bernstein; and The Official Dictionary of Sarcasm by James Napoli

A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue PDF Author: Francis Grose
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 278

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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries PDF Author: Julie Coleman
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191565253
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 352

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The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and the legendary George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police, whose The Secret Language of Crime: The Rogue's Lexicon informed the script of Martin Scorcese's film Gangs of New York. Cant represented a tangible danger to life and property, but slang threatened to undermine good behaviour and social morality. Julie Coleman shows how and why they were at once repellent and seductive. Her fascinating account casts fresh light on language and life in some of the darker regions of Great Britain and the English-speaking world.

The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal

The Slang Dictionary: Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal PDF Author: John Camden Hotten
Publisher: London : Chatto and Windus
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Passing English of the Victorian Era

Passing English of the Victorian Era PDF Author: J Redding Ware
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789354029905
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 282

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This book has been considered by academicians and scholars of great significance and value to literature. This forms a part of the knowledge base for future generations. So that the book is never forgotten we have represented this book in a print format as the same form as it was originally first published. Hence any marks or annotations seen are left intentionally to preserve its true nature.

The Slang Dictionary

The Slang Dictionary PDF Author: John Camden Hotten
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 372

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Democratic Eloquence

Democratic Eloquence PDF Author: Kenneth Cmiel
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520074859
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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"A penetrating account of the long debate about the kind of public language appropriate for a democratic society. . . . Cmiel manages to do justice to both sides."--Christopher Lasch, author of The Culture of Narcissism "Every scholar interested in the English language will put this book next to Mencken and Baugh. It will be indispensable to writing the social history of English into the 20th Century."--Joseph Williams, author of Origins of the English Language

Dictionary of National Biography

Dictionary of National Biography PDF Author:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 454

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