Argot and Slang

About this eBook

Author

Barrère, Albert, 1846-1921

Title

Argot and slang : a new French and English dictionary of the cant words, quaint expressions, slang terms and flash phrases used in the high and low life of old and new Paris

Credits

Produced by Marcia Brooks, Hugo Voisard, Fay Dunn 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

PC: Language and Literatures: Romance languages: Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

French language -- Dictionaries -- English

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50354

Release Date

October 31, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Argot and Slang by Albert Barrère — Transcriber’s Note — Contents
2. 2.Title pages
3. 3.PREFACE. — AUTHORITIES CONSULTED AND QUOTED. — Popular Songs and Pieces of Poetry.
4. 4.INTRODUCTION.
5. 5.Fifteenth Century. LE JARGON OU JOBELIN DE MAISTRE FRANÇOIS VILLON. — BALLADE III. — TRANSLATION.
6. 6.Sixteenth Century. SONNET EN AUTHENTIQUE LANGAGE SOUDARDANT . [1]
7. 7.Sixteenth Century. DIALOGUE BETWEEN A HEADMAN IN THE CANTING CREW AND A VAGABOND.
8. 8.Seventeenth Century. DIALOGUE DE DEUX ARGOTIERS . [101]
9. 9.Seventeenth Century. ENGLISH GIPSIES’ OATH.
10. 10.Eighteenth Century. JERRY JUNIPER’S CHANT.
11. 11.Eighteenth Century. CHANSON.
12. 12.Beginning of Nineteenth Century. VIDOCQ ’S SLANG SONG.
13. 13.Beginning of Nineteenth Century. THE SAME SONG VERSIFIED BY WILLIAM MAGINN.
14. 14.Nineteenth Century. AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A THIEF IN THIEVES’ LANGUAGE. — By J. W. HORSLEY, Chaplain of H. M. Prison, Clerkenwell. — Translated into the Language of French Thieves. — A — B — C — D — E — F — G — H — I — J — K — L — M — N — O — P — Q — R — S — T — U — V — W — X — Y — Z
15. 15.Transcriber’s Note

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