Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected, with the Addition of Numerous Slang Phrases, Collected from Tried Authories (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Grose's Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: Revised and Corrected, With the Addition of Numerous Slang Phrases, Collected From Tried Authories

The Vulgar Tongue consists of two parts the first is the Cant' language, called communes Pedlars French, or St. Giles's Greek; the second, those burlesque phrases, quaint allusions, and nick-names for persons, things, and places, which, from long uninterrupted usage, are made classical by prescription.

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