Description
| Product ID: | 9781851243877 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 |
| Authors: | Author: 'B.E. Gent' |
| Page Count: | 224 |
| Subjects: | Dictionaries, Dictionaries, Language: history and general works, Dialect, slang and jargon, Language: history & general works, Dialect, slang & jargon, English, c 1600 to c 1700 |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the 'wrong' parts of town. |
| Imprint Name: | Bodleian Library |
| Publisher Name: | Bodleian Library |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2015-09-11 |
