A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS: SECOND EDITION WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS, USED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN THE STRREETS OF LONDON; THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, THE HOUSES OF PARLIMENT; THE DENS OF ST. GILES; AND THE PALACES OF ST. JAMES. PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF CANT AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; WITH GLOSSARIES OF TWO SECRET LANGUAGES, SPOKEN BY THE WANDERING TRIBES OF LONDON, THE COSTERMONGERS, AND THE PATTERERS.

A LONDON ANTIQUARY

Edité par JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, LONDON, 1860

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A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS: SECOND EDITION WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS, USED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN THE STRREETS OF LONDON; THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, THE HOUSES OF PARLIMENT; THE DENS OF ST. GILES; AND THE PALACES OF ST. JAMES. PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF CANT AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; WITH GLOSSARIES OF TWO SECRET LANGUAGES, SPOKEN BY THE WANDERING TRIBES OF LONDON, THE COSTERMONGERS, AND THE PATTERERS. BY A LONDON ANTIQUARY. PUBLISHED IN 1860 BY JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY, LONDON. PRINTED IN LONDON BY TAYLOR AND GREENING. This wonderful period book is in very good condition, normal wear, marks and tear apply consistent with use and age. A brown cloth bound, hardback book, with gilt titles on the spine and initials imprinted on the front board. 300 pages, there is the odd mark at edge of paper and on the boards only to be expected of a book of this age, overall its in really nice condition. A fascinating insight into the middle of the nineteenth century social history and the unsavoury language used by costermongers alike when selling their wares to the general public and trade.

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• Titre: A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS: SECOND EDITION WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS, USED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN THE STRREETS OF LONDON; THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE, THE HOUSES OF PARLIMENT; THE DENS OF ST. GILES; AND THE PALACES OF ST. JAMES. PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF CANT AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; WITH GLOSSARIES OF TWO SECRET LANGUAGES, SPOKEN BY THE WANDERING TRIBES OF LONDON, THE COSTERMONGERS, AND THE PATTERERS.
• Éditeur: JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, LONDON
• Date de parution: 1860
• Langue: anglais
• Reliure: Couverture rigide
• Édition: 2ème Édition
• État de l'article: Assez bon
• État de la jaquette: Pas de jaquette
• Dimensions: 12 L x 17,7 H x 2 P (centimètres) 12 centimètres de largeur par 17,7 centimètres de hauteur par 2 centimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 0,32 kilogramme