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The slang dictionary; or, the vulgar words, street phrases, and "fast" expressions of high and low society. Many with their etymology, and a few with their historytraced by Hotten, John CamdenLondon: John Camden Hotten, 1864, Third edition, 8vo, pp. xxi, [3], 305; frontispiece map, vignette title page, top edge gilt, full leather binding with gilt dentelles, spine and cover decoration. The fine leather binding is not the original binding but appears contemporary. Original blue cloth cover bound into rear. "One of the most famous and esteemed dictionaries of slang ever published. This new edition includes nearly 10,000 words, according to the preface, as well as the prefaces to the first and second editions."Please contact the store for more information:
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