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9781508954101 | Createspace Independent Pub, March 20, 2015, cover price $12.99 | About this edition: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence.
9781466359505 | Createspace Independent Pub, September 15, 2011, cover price $19.95
The â1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,â was written by Francis Grose (a British soldier) just after the American Revolution. The word "vulgar" means slang, though some of them are vulgar. This book was banned in military camps at the time. This book is hysterical, both educational and entertaining. It shows how normal people spoke over 200 years ago, and provides endless possibilities for insulting friends. It is an old dictionary of words that will "pitch kettle" (confound) people if you actually use them, and others are still around, like "to catch a crab" (to fall backwards by missing one's stroke in rowing). If you are into quirky dictionaries like this, then you'll enjoy it.
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9781492129202 | Createspace Independent Pub, August 10, 2013, cover price $9.95
9781486148417 | Lightning Source Inc, June 20, 2012, cover price $9.94
9781469941356 | Createspace Independent Pub, January 17, 2012, cover price $12.95 | About this edition: The â1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue,â was written by Francis Grose (a British soldier) just after the American Revolution.
9781433088209 | Intl Business Pubns USA, March 3, 2009, cover price $59.95
9781595479396 | Nuvision Pubns, June 30, 2007, cover price $19.99
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Product Description: Do you know your abbess from your elbowshaker? Originally printed as a guide to street slang for men of quality, this reference guide will enrich your vocabulary with vulgar witticisms fashionable more than 200 years ago.The avowed purpose of this dictionary was to give men "of fashion" an insight into the inappropriate language of the street...read more
Hardcover:
9781843914761, titled "The Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence" | Hesperus Pr, February 1, 2014, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Do you know your abbess from your elbowshaker?
Product Description: Superstitions are surprisingly enduring. From dodging black cats to crossing oneâs fingers while making a wish to an aversion to staff meetings on Friday the thirteenth, it is remarkable how many superstitions remain intactâeven in this age of rationalism and swift scientific advancement...read more
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9781851242863 | Bodleian Library, March 15, 2012, cover price $11.00 | About this edition: Superstitions are surprisingly enduring.
Product Description: A selection from the original slang dictionary The Vulgar Tongue, including such gems as "Bitch Bobby" (a country wench) and lobcock (a large relaxed penis or a dull inanimate fellow) If someone called you a beetle-browed bastardly gullion and told you to shut your bone box, would you be offended? If you lived in 1785, you most certainly would! Harking back to a time when insults and rude words were considerably more colorful, this collection is one that no true aspiring vulgarite or rude language lover should be without...read more
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9781849531016 | Summersdale Pub Ltd, December 12, 2011, cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A selection from the original slang dictionary The Vulgar Tongue, including such gems as "Bitch Bobby" (a country wench) and lobcock (a large relaxed penis or a dull inanimate fellow) If someone called you a beetle-browed bastardly gullion and told you to shut your bone box, would you be offended?
Product Description: The Georgian "Profanisaurus." From the 1790s to the 1820s, numerous editions of the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue were published. Looking at the slang and vernacular language of the time, this dictionary pre-dated Roger Mellie's best-selling Profanisaurus by a good 200 years...read more
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9781463697518 | Createspace Independent Pub, July 6, 2011, cover price $7.95 | About this edition: The Georgian "Profanisaurus.
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9781120140036 | Kessinger Pub Co, September 15, 2009, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Military Antiquities Respecting a History of the English Army: From the Conquest to the Present Time
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9781437152203 | Kessinger Pub Co, October 31, 2008, cover price $40.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9780548714539 | Kessinger Pub Co, November 30, 2007, cover price $31.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
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9780548796849 | Kessinger Pub Co, November 30, 2007, cover price $34.95
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9780548301111 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 30, 2007, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
Hardcover:
9781840244137 | Summersdale Pub Ltd, September 30, 2004, cover price $21.50 | About this edition: A collection of all the words that raised eyebrows in the 18th century.
Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more
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9780766166752 | Kessinger Pub Co, June 1, 2003, cover price $20.95 | About this edition: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original.
The 1931 edition of the classic that presents the fashionable words and favorite expressions of olden times.
Hardcover:
9780836966527 | Books for Libraries, June 1, 1971, cover price $25.95
Paperback:
9781587982477 | Beard Books Inc, January 30, 1931, cover price $34.95 | About this edition: The 1931 edition of the classic that presents the fashionable words and favorite expressions of olden times.
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