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The dictionary of the vulgar tongue : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit and pickpocket eloquence

2013
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Learn how the Georgians and early Victorians would insult each other and find out how some of today's words and derivations have come about. Dip in and see how our ancestors considered and talked about such subjects as sex and the workings of the human body.
Main title:
The dictionary of the vulgar tongue : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit and pickpocket eloquence / originally edited by Francis Grose.
Author:
Grose, Francis, 1731?-1791
Imprint:
London : Hesperus Press, 2013.
Collation:
284 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9781843914761 (hbk)
Dewey class:
427.003
Language:
English
Subject:
English language -- Obscene words -- DictionariesEnglish language -- Slang -- DictionariesLanguages
BRN:
1802806
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