GROSE, FRANCIS; CROME, ROBERT [ED]
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue : A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence
U.S.A. Digest Books. 1971, Facsimile Reprint. (ISBN: 069580216X) Soft cover. Book, Facsimile reprint of "Lexicon balatronicum; a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence compiled originally by Captain Grose . printed by C Chappel, Pall Mall. 1811" Modern foreword by Robert Cromie . A fascinating survey of popular language at the time of the "Regency Bucks". Fine.

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