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Brotherton Collection26
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections26
English Literature1

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cant27
romanies14
english language6
criminals5
german language3
beggars2
chapbooks, english2
crime2
druids and druidism2
indians of north america2

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United States2
London (England)1

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Carew, Bampfylde Moore, 1693-1770?11
Goadby, Robert (1721-1778)11
Price, Thomas of Poole10
Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?)9
Goadby, Mrs Robert9
Goadby, Robert9
Price, Thomas9
Carew, Bampfylde Moore7
Farmer, John Stephen (1854-1916?)2
Gunther, Georg Ludolf Louise (1859-)2

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Musa pedestris : three centuries of canting songs and slang rhymes, 1536-1896

Farmer, John Stephen (1854-1916?)

1964

English and French.

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Poesías germanescas

Hill, John M (1887-1966); Hidalgo, Juan; Quevedo, Francisco de (1580-1645)

[1945]

pt. I. Poesías germanescas del siglo XVI.--pt. II. Romances de germanía de varios avtores [compuesto por Juan Hidalgo]--pt. III. Jácaras y bailes de Quevedo.--pt. IV. Poesías germanescas del siglo...

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Voces germanescas, recogidas y ordenadas

Hill, John M (1887-1966)

[1949]

Bibliography: pages vii-xi.

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Das deutsche Gaunertum : in seiner sozialpolitischen, literarischen und linguistischen Ausbildung zu seinem heutigen Bestande

Avé-Lallemant, Friedrich Christian Benedict (1809-1892)

[197-?]

Facsimile reprint of the 1914 ed. (rev., in 2 vol.) published in München.

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Les princes du jargon : un facteur négligé aux origines de l'argot des classes dangereuses

Becker-Ho, Alice

1990

A type of glossary, that is, a sampling of the French argot of criminals or evil doers: p. [47]-76.

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The surprising adventures of Bampfylde Moore Carew, king of the beggars : containing his life, a dictionary of the cant language and many entertaining particulars of that extraordinary man

Carew, Bampfylde Moore (1693-1770?); Price, Thomas of Poole; Goadby, Robert (1721-1778); Goadby, Mrs Robert

[1813]

Engraved t.p., undated; plates undated. One of the numerous versions with varying titles, the authorship of which has been ascribed variously to Thomas Price, Robert Goadby, Mrs. Goadby and Carew hi...

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Das Rotwelsch des deutschen Gauners

Günther, Georg Ludolf Louise (1859-)

1905

Trübner label pasted over original imprint, Leipzig: Grunow, 1905. "Verzeichnis der benutzten Quellen und Literatur," [xii]-xix. Deals in part with the influence of Romany on German argot.

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The English gipsies and their language

Leland, Charles Godfrey (1824-1903)

1873

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