1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

by Francis Grose

Overview

The merit of Captain Grose's Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue has been long and universally acknowledged. But its circulation was confined almost exclusively to the lower orders of society: he was not aware, at the time of its compilation, that our young men of fashion would at no very distant period be as distinguished for the vulgarity of their jargon as the inhabitants of Newgate; and he therefore conceived it superfluous to incorporate with his work the few examples of fashionable slang that might occur to his observation.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940011810770
Publisher:	qasim idrees
Publication date:	10/06/2010
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Format:	eBook
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