A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
by John Camden Hotten
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About this eBook
- Author
- Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873
- Title
- A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.
- Credits
- Produced by Chris Curnow, Jennifer Linklater, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- PE: Language and Literatures: English
- Subject
- Oxford (England) -- Languages -- Dictionaries
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 47018
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47018
- Release Date
- October 2, 2014
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS,
- 2.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
- 3.PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION. — CONTENTS.
- 4.THE HISTORY OF CANT, OR, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF VAGABONDS.
- 5.ACCOUNT OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS USED BY VAGABONDS.
- 6.THE HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE. — A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, & VULGAR WORDS; MANY WITH THEIR ETYMOLOGIES TRACED.
- 7.SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BACK SLANG, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF COSTERMONGERS.
- 8.GLOSSARY OF THE BACK SLANG.
- 9.SOME ACCOUNT OF THE RHYMING SLANG, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF CHAUNTERS AND PATTERERS.
- 10.GLOSSARY OF THE RHYMING SLANG.
- 11.THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; OR A LIST OF THE BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED IN COMPILING THIS WORK, COMPRISING NEARLY EVERY KNOWN TREATISE UPON THE SUBJECT.
- 12.LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, &c. — Footnotes
- 13.New Books Published by JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, 151B , PICCADILLY. — OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. — Transcriber’s Notes
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