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1811

Short description:

'The Lexicon Balatronicum'

Medium description:

Based on the 3rd edition of Grose's dictionary but with some additions and changes. It

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history of English

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was a source for

First instalment of "A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles" (the OED) according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

was a source for

George Matsell's "Vocabulum" according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

was a source for

'The Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux' according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

was a source for

Egan's edition of Grose's "Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

was a source for

John Bee's slang dictionary 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.74]