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The slang dictionary, or, The vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society. Many with their etymology and a few with their history traced
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Slang--Dictionaries.
- English language.
- English language--Dialects--London.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 305 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : J.C. Hotten, 1865.
- Notes:
- First issued 1859, under title: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words.
- Preface signed: J. C. H.
- "The bibliography of slang, cant, and vulgar language": p. [293]-305.
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