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A new dictionary of all the cant and flash languages : both ancient and modern; used by gipsies, beggars, swindlers, shoplifters, peterers, starrers, footpads, highwaymen, sharpers, And every Class of Offenders, from a Lully Prigger to a High Tober Gloak. Carefully arranged and selected from the most approved Authors, and from the Manuscripts of Jonathan Wild, Baxter, and Others. By Humphry Tristram Potter, Attorney at Law, Deceased. Dedicated, by Permission, to William Addington, Esq. ``get Wisdom.''.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Potter, Humphry Tristram, 1747-1790.
- Series:
- Eighteenth century collections online. Part 1.
- Standardized Title:
- Dictionary of all the cant & flash language
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Slang--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Slang.
- Genre:
- Dictionaries.
- Physical Description:
- 16 pages, 1 unnumbered page,10-62 pages ; 8⁰
- Edition:
- The second edition.
- Place of Publication:
- [London] : Printed by W. Mackintosh, and sold by J. Downes, No.240, Temple Bar, MDCCXCV. [1795]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- First published in 1790 as 'A dictionary of all the cant & flash language'.
- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- Alston, IX, 334
- English Short Title Catalog, N10024.
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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