description: Here's a reprint of the long out of print classic work by Captain Francis Grose. It ws the first dictionary of English slang and appeared in 1785. This reprint is taken from the third edition of 1796, the last to be revised by Grose himself. The editor has chosen the best of the 1796 edition and has annotated the text for the modern reader.
language: English
title: A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
titlecomplete: A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue
genres: Reference, Dictionaries, British Literature, Nonfiction, Language, History
ratings_count: 75
publisher: Dorset Press