Francis Grose: 3 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....
The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2014
Do you know your abbess from your elbowshaker? Originally printed as a guide to street slang for men of quality, this reference guide will enrich your vocabulary with vulgar witticisms fashionable more than 200 years ago.
The avowed purpose of this dictionary was to give men "of fashion"...
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2015
A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence.