Download or read book Grose s Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue written by Francis Grose and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Classical Dictionary of the vulgar tongue written by Francis Grose and published by . This book was released on 1823 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue written by Francis Grose and published by Hesperus Press. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do you know your abbess from your elbowshaker? Originally printed as a guide to street slang for men of quality, this reference guide will enrich your vocabulary with vulgar witticisms fashionable more than 200 years ago. The avowed purpose of this dictionary was to give men "of fashion" an insight into the inappropriate language of the street. Read in modern times it is by turn uproariously funny and deeply confusing and yet certain truths have remained—the need for the mot juste has not diminished. Many of the words should be brought back into common parlance forthwith: we have no term for the "admiral of the narrow seas," one who from drunkenness vomits into the lap of the person sitting opposite to him. We have perhaps less use for a word for "dobin rig" or "Stealing ribbons from haberdashers early in the morning or late at night; generally practised by women in the disguise of maid servants." 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 in this quirky little volume.
Download or read book Lexicon Balatronicum A dictionary of Buckish slang University wit and Pick Pocket eloquence Altered and enlarged by a member of the Whip Club written by Francis Grose and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Lexicon Balatronicum written by Francis Grose and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book A Dictionary of the Underworld written by Eric Partridge and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-12 with total page 904 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1949 (this edition in 1968), this book is a dictionary of the past, exploring the language of the criminal and near-criminal worlds. It includes entries from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa, as well as from Britain and America and offers a fascinating and unique study of language. The book provides an invaluable insight into social history, with the British vocabulary dating back to the 16th century and the American to the late 18th century. Each entry comes complete with the approximate date of origin, the etymology for each word, and a note of the milieu in which the expression arose.
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Download or read book Micrographia Illustrata OR The Knowledge of the MICROSCOPE Explain d Together with an ACCOUNT of A New Invented UNIVERSAL Single Or Double MICROSCOPE Either of which is Capable of Being Applied to an Improv d SOLAR APPARATUS written by George Adams and published by . This book was released on 1747 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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