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Early English Canting Dictionaries

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A list of early modern (to circa 1800) English dictionaries and glossaries of cant and slang

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  • Cover of: A new dictionary of the canting crew
    First published in 1699 1 edition work

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  • Cover of: The Canting Academy

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  • Cover of: The squire of Alsatia.: A comedy, as it is acted by Their Majesty's servants.

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  • Cover of: The Academy of Armory: or, a store house of armory and blason : [With the index of names, London, 1821].

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  • Cover of: Martin Mark-all, beadle of Bridewell

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  • Cover of: The Canting Academy Title: Subtitle The devils cabinet opened wherein is shewn the mysterious and villanous practices of that wicked crew, commonly known by the names of hectors, trapanners, gilts, &c.: to which is added a compleat canting-dictionary, both of old words, and such as are now most in use : with several new catches and songs, compos'd by the choisest wits of the age

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  • Cover of: A caueat for commen cursetors vvlgarely called uagabones, set forth by Thomas Harman, esquier, for the vtilite and proffyt of hys naturall countrey. Newly agmented and imprinted Anno Domini. M.D.LXUII. Vewed, examined and allowed, according vnto the Queenes Maiestyes iniunctions

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  • Cover of: A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men

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  • Cover of: A compleat history of the lives and robberies of the most notorious highway-men, foot-pads, shop-lifts, and cheats, of both sexes

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  • Cover of: The life and adventures of Bampfylde-Moore Carew, commonly called the king of the beggars, and a ...

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  • Cover of: Hell upon earth: or the most pleasant and delectable history of Whittington's Colledge

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  • Cover of: The regulator; or, a discovery of the thieves, thief-takers, and ... receivers of stolen goods in ... thecity of London

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  • Cover of: A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue
    First published in 1785 13 editions — 2 previewable Cover of edition classicaldiction0000gros work

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History

March 23, 2011 Edited by technolalia updated list seeds.
March 22, 2011 Edited by technolalia updated list seeds.
March 22, 2011 Edited by technolalia updated list seeds.
March 22, 2011 Edited by technolalia updated list seeds.
December 16, 2010 Created by technolalia Created new list.