1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Name: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
Author: Francis Grose

by Francis Grose

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Reprint of the author's Lexicon balatronicum; a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence (and now considerably altered and enlarged, with the modern changes and improvements, by a member of the whip club.)

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Project Gutenberg

Release date

2004-04-01

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Public domain in the USA.

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English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries

About the author

Francis Grose

d. 1791

An energetic 18th-century antiquary with a sharp eye for odd details, he helped preserve the look and lore of old Britain and Ireland in books that are still mined by historians today. He also had a comic streak, collecting slang and low-life speech with the same curiosity he brought to ruins and monuments.

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