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A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant : embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseology (v.1)
Barrère, Albert Marie Victor; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
1889-90
Printed for subscribers only.
A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant : embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, tinker's jargon and other irregular phraseology (v.2)
Barrère, Albert Marie Victor; Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
1889-90
Printed for subscribers only.
A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggars, thieves, cheats, &c. With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c
B. E
[ca.1900?]
Facsimile reprint of the original edition, "Printed for G. Hawes... P. Gilbourne ... and W. Davis", London, [1699?].
Grose's classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue
Grose, Francis (1731?-1791); Egan, Pierce (1772-1849)
1823
Egan's preface, styled 'Preface to the third edition', is dated December 1, 1822. The third edition appeared anonymously in 1796.
The Newgate garland; or, Flowers of hemp : being a choice noosegay gathered in the pleasant fields of such canting and flash literature as was written from approximately the hanging of those accomplished burkers, Messrs. Bishop and Williams, to the execution of... Thomas Neill ... including akk the verses known to be extant of ... Jack Fireblood ... To all of which is added an anonymous but authentic Autobiography of a thief, written during the 'seventies in thieves' and prison slang
Hanchant, Wilfred Lewis; Martin, Sir Theodore (1816-1909)
1932
Suggested apparently by Theodore Martin's article in Tait's Edinburgh magazine, April, 1841: "Illustrations of the thieves' literature. no. 1. Flowers of hemp: or, The Newgate garland, by Bon Gaultier...
A dictionary of modern 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
Hotten, John Camden (1832-1873)
1859
By John Camden Hotten.
The English Gipsies and their language
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
1893
A reprint of the preceding editions.
The English gipsies and their language
Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)
1874
A reprint of the first edition, without alterations or additions.
A new canting dictionary: comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains [...] Being a complete collection of all that has been publish'd of that kind. With very large additions of words never before made publick [...] With a preface, giving an account of the original [...] of the canting crew; and recommending methods for diminishing these varlets, by better employment of the poor. To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect
1725
Based upon "A new dictionary of the terms antient and modern of the canting crew", London, 1699 (ESTC).