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- Title
- A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue
- Description
- As shown in this dictionary of Cant and slang, to “prig” is to steal (as used in "The policeman who prigged the mutton"). “Thieves Cant,” otherwise known as “Argot” or “Low Speech,” was a jargon commonly used by criminals, beggars, hustlers, and vagabonds of the time. Cant was a common feature in publications about thieves and other criminals. The jargon is commonly believed to derive many words from Angloromani, the language of the Romani people. This dictionary was annotated by its owner and its spare pages contain scrawled puns, quotes, and dirty jokes.
- Call Number (click link to view in library catalog)
- 427 G91c1788
- See Also
- Full Text Available at HathiTrust
- Authors
- Grose, Francis
- Full Title
- A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue.
- Date
- 1788
- From the Exhibit
- Crymes and Rhymes: The Broadside Ballad
- Publisher
- 212 High Holborn, printed for S Hooper
- Location
- London
- Language
- English
- Rights
-
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- Text
- Edition
- The second edition, corrected and enlarged.
- Medium
- Book
- Bibliographic Citation
- Grose, Francis. A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The second edition, corrected and enlarged. London: Printed for S. Hooper, 212 High Holborn, facing Bloomsbury Square, 1788.