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Year:

1795

Short description:

Caulfield's "Blackguardiana"

Tags:

history of English

Links:

was sourced from

Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue' according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

Coleman, Julie (2004). A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Volume II 1785-1858. New York: Oxford University Press [p.59]