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Year:

1795

Short description:

Potter's "New Dictionary of all the Cant and Flash Languages"

Medium description:

Humphry Tristram Potter

Tags:

history of English

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was a source for

'The Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux' according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

was sourced from

B.E.'s 'Dictionary of the Canting Crew' according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

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]