A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words by John Camden Hotten
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"A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words" by John Camden Hotten is a dictionary published in 1859. This groundbreaking lexicon captures the vivid street language of Victorian London, from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge to the dens of St. Giles. Hotten documents criminal slang, back slang, and rhyming slang, arguing that slang represents "that evanescent, vulgar language, ever changing with fashion and taste." The work stands as the most important
study of informal language since Francis Grose's 1785 dictionary. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Hotten, John Camden, 1832-1873 |
|---|---|
| LoC No. | 10031845 |
| Title |
A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James. |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dictionary_of_Modern_Slang,_Cant,_and_Vulgar_Words |
| Credits |
Produced by Chris Curnow, Jennifer Linklater, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 74.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PE: Language and Literatures: English |
| Subject | Cant -- Dictionaries |
| Subject | English language -- England -- London -- Slang -- Dictionaries |
| Subject | English language -- Dialects -- England -- London -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc. |
| Subject | London (England) -- Languages -- Dictionaries |
| Subject | Cant -- England -- London -- Dictionaries |
| Subject | Cambridge (England) -- Languages -- Dictionaries |
| Subject | Oxford (England) -- Languages -- Dictionaries |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 47018 |
| Release Date | Oct 2, 2014 |
| Last Update | Oct 24, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 4973 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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