A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words
Subtitle: 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 : preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language from the time of Henry VIII, shewing its connection with the Gipsey tongue : with glossaries of two secret languages, spoken by the wandering tribes of London, the costermongers, and the patterers
By: by a London antiquary
Publisher: John Camden Hotten ...
Published: 1859
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: English language; Slang; Dictionaries; Dialects
Other titles: A dictionary of modern slang.
Work titles: Dictionary of modern slang
Notes: By John Camden Hotten.

With a half-title.

Publisher's booklist: 2 p. at end.

This work included in author's The slang dictionary (London, 1864). Cf. its preface.

"The bibliography of slang, cant, and vulgar language"--p. [147]-160.

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