John Camden Hotten: 2 books
by John Camden Hotten, Francis Grose, Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2014
This volume contains three complete works. The focus is dictionaries of slang, or common usage of the English language.
The first work included in this volume is “The Slang Dictionary,” by John Camden Hotten. The work shows the state of slang in England in 1913....
by John Camden Hotten
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
"All ridiculous words make their first entry into a language by familiar phrases; I dare not answer for these that they will not in time be looked upon as a part of our tongue."—SPECTATOR. "Rabble-charming words, which carry so much wild fire wrapt up in them."—SOUTH. "Slang derivations are generally...