A Dictionary of Victorian Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: From the Underworld and Elsewhere by John Camden Hotten, Florian Lütz

A Dictionary of Victorian Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: From the Underworld and Elsewhere

John Camden Hotten, Florian Lütz

326 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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This is more than just a dictionary of the speech of beggars, thieves, rogues, vagabonds, ne'er-do-wells, shopkeepers, workmen, soldiers, lords, dandies, actors, students, and parliamentarians, amongst others, though it is abundantly that; it is a...

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