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Book A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

Download or read book A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries written by Julie Coleman and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2008-11-20 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of Julie Coleman's entertaining and revealing history of the recording and uses of slang and criminal cant takes the story from 1785 to 1858, and explores their manifestations in the United States of America and Australia. During this period glossaries of cant were thrown into the shade by dictionaries of slang, which now covered a broad spectrum of non-standard English, including the language of thieves. Julie Coleman shows how Francis Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue revolutionized the lexicography of the underworld. She explores the compilation and content of the earliest Australian and American slang glossaries, whose authors included the thrice-transported James Hardy Vaux and the legendary George Matsell, New York City's first chief of police, whose The Secret Language of Crime: The Rogue's Lexicon informed the script of Martin Scorcese's film Gangs of New York. Cant represented a tangible danger to life and property, but slang threatened to undermine good behaviour and social morality. Julie Coleman shows how and why they were at once repellent and seductive. Her fascinating account casts fresh light on language and life in some of the darker regions of Great Britain and the English-speaking world.

Book Life in London

Download or read book Life in London written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1821 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books

Download or read book British Museum Catalogue of printed Books written by and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 660 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue  Series II  Phase I  1816 1870

Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue Series II Phase I 1816 1870 written by Avero Publications Limited and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 588 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Nineteenth Century Short title Catalogue  phase 1  1816 1870

Download or read book Nineteenth Century Short title Catalogue phase 1 1816 1870 written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 778 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975

Download or read book The British Library General Catalogue of Printed Books to 1975 written by British Library (London) and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The true history of Tom and Jerry  or  The day and night scenes  of life in London  with a key to the persons and places  together with a vocabulary and glossary of the flash and slang terms  by C  Hindley

Download or read book The true history of Tom and Jerry or The day and night scenes of life in London with a key to the persons and places together with a vocabulary and glossary of the flash and slang terms by C Hindley written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1888 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General Catalogue of Printed Books

Download or read book General Catalogue of Printed Books written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The National Union Catalog  Pre 1956 Imprints

Download or read book The National Union Catalog Pre 1956 Imprints written by and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 712 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books  1881 1900

Download or read book The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books 1881 1900 written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum

Download or read book Catalogue of Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum written by British Museum. Department of Printed Books and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 1260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book General catalogue of printed books

Download or read book General catalogue of printed books written by British museum. Dept. of printed books and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The True History of Tom and Jerry

Download or read book The True History of Tom and Jerry written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The True History of Tom and Jerry

Download or read book The True History of Tom and Jerry written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book True History of Tom and Jerry

Download or read book True History of Tom and Jerry written by Pierce Egan and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: