The Dictionary of Nautical, University, Gypsy and Other Vulgar Tongues

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Fireship Press

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491_9781934757062

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This is not a book about history. It IS history.First published in 1859, it is literally a snapshot of the language used by the 18th and 19th Century common man. With it, you can enter into his world as he or she saw it, felt it and expressed it. No novel, no history book can or will ever give you that perspective.Tell me:. If you knew someplace was a knocking shop would you go in?. Would an 18th Century seaman drink a couple of scotches or whistle at them?. Is casting up your accounts something a business person would do?. Would you resort to chariot buzzing to build-up your supply of chinkers?. Would you eat a Sharps-Alley chicken?Some of the definitions are tragic and some are outrageously funny. But if you want to genuinely understand their world-if you want to understand the world portrayed in books by Jane Austin, C.S. Forester, Patrick OBrian or Dudley Pope-you need this book by your side.This work is based on John Camden Hottens 1860 edition of A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words.

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