A history of cant and slang dictionaries
By: Julie Coleman.
Publisher: Oxford Univ Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199557097; 9780199254712
Subjects: English language -- Lexicography -- History.; English language -- Slang -- Lexicography.; Cant -- Great Britain -- Lexicography.; Lexicography -- Great Britain.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-233] and indexes.
Table of contents: value: v. 1. 1567-1784; value: v. 2. 1785-1858