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Lexicon balatronicum : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence
Uniform Title
Classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue
Title
Lexicon balatronicum : a dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence / compiled originally by Captain Grose ; and now considerably altered and enlarged with the modern changes and improvements, by a member of the Whip club ; Assisted by Hell-fire Dick, and James Gordon, esqrs. of Cambridge, and William Soames, esq. of the hon. society of Newman's hotel.
Publication
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [1811]
Manufacture
London : Printed for C. Chappel, sold by J. Johnston, Cheapside, Goddard, Pallmall, and all other booksellers, 1811.
Physical Description
1 online resource (viii pages, 224 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates) : illustrations.
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Notes
Edited by Hewson Clarke; frontispiece by George Cruikshank.
Originally published as: A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (London : S. Hooper, 1785).
Reproduction of the originals from Kinsey Institute.
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Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century, Part III.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
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September 19, 2019
Series
Archives of Sexuality & Gender: Sex and Sexuality, Sixteenth to Twentieth Century
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