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• English language -- Dialects -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.

• A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words (second edition; London: J. C. Hotten, 1860), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary (J. C. Hotten, 1864), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James., by John Camden Hotten (Gutenberg ebook)
• The slang dictionary : $b Etymological, historical and anecdotal, by John Camden Hotten (Gutenberg ebook)

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• A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words, used at the present day in the streets of London (J. C. Hotten, 1860), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary, etymological, historical, and anecdotal. (Chatto and Windus, 1874), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs; whence it will appear that the natives of the metropolis and its vicinities have not corrupted the language of their ancestors. In a letter from Samuel Pegge ... to an old acquaintance, and co-fellow of the Society of antiquaries [!] London. To which is added, a supplement to the Provincial glossary of Francis Grose. (Printed by and for J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1814), by Samuel Pegge and Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdotes of the English language : chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs; whence it will appear that the natives of the metropolis and its vicinities have not corrupted the language of their ancestors ; in a letter from Samuel Pegge ; to an old acquaintance, and co-fellow of the Society of antiquaries, London ; to which is added, a supplement to Grose's "Provincial glossary". (Printed by J.B. Nicholos and Son, 1844), by Samuel Pegge, Henry Christmas, and Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur sprache Londons vor Chaucer (M. Niemeyer, 1913), by Ernst Dölle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Londinismen (slang und cant) Wörterbuch der Londoner Volkssprache sowie der üblichsten Gauner-, Matrosen-, Sport- und Zunft-Ausdrücke; mit Einleitung und Musterstücken; ein Supplement zu allen englisch-deutschen Wörterbüchern (Langenscheidt, 1903), by H. Baumann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The slang dictionary; etymological, historical and anecdotal. (Chatto & Windus, 1913), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs (Printed by and for J. Nichols, son, and Bentley, 1803), by Samuel Pegge and Eugene Field (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 history traced. (J. C. Hotten, 1865), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• London's dialect, an ancient form of English speech, with a note on the dialects of the North of England and the Midlands and of Scotland (Priory Press, 1910), by MacKenzie MacBride (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Anecdotes of the English language; chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs; whence it will appear that the natives of the metropolis and its vicinities have not corrupted the language of their ancestors. (Printed by J. Nichols and son, for F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, and J. White, 1803), by Samuel Pegge (page images at HathiTrust)
• Londinismen : (slang und cant) wörterbuch der Londoner volkssprache sowie der üblichsten gauner-, matrosen-, sport- und zunft-ausdrücke (Langenscheidt, 1922), by H. Baumann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words : used at the present day in the streets of London, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Houses of Parliament, the Dens of St. Giles, and the Palaces of St. James : preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language from the time of Henry VIII, shewing its connection with the Gipsey tongue : with glossaries of two secret languages, spoken by the wandering tribes of London, the costermongers, and the patterers (John Camden Hotten ..., 1859), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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 history traced. (J. C. Hotten, 1869), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Anecdotes of the English language : chiefly regarding the local dialect of London and its environs; whence it will appear that the natives of the metropolis, and its vicinities, have not corrupted the language of their ancestors. In a letter from Samuel Pegge ... to an old acquaintance, and co-fellow of the Society of antquaries [!] London. (Printed by and for J. Nichols, sons, and Bentley, 1814), by Samuel Pegge and Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary; etymological, historical and anecdotal. (Chatto & Windus, 1903), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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 history traced. (J.C. Hotten, 1872), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Thanks awfully! (Field & Tuer, 1890) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary : etymological, historical, and anecdotal. (Chatto & Windus, 1894), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary : etymological, historical, and anecdotal. (Chatto and Windus, 1910), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Zur Sprache Londons vor Chaucer. (Karras, Halle a.S., 1913), by Ernst Dölle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• 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 history traced. (J.C. Hotten, 1864), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pronunciation problems involved in a production of Shaw's Pygmalion. ([Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1927., 1927), by Vivian E. McCarty and Bernard Shaw (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Zur sprache Londons vor Chaucer (M. Niemeyer, 1913), by Ernst Dölle (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Noctes ambrosianæ (W.J. Widdleton, 1863), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and R. Shelton Mackenzie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctes Ambrosianae (W. Blackwood and sons, 1864), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and James Frederick Ferrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctes ambrosianae (Blackwood, 1855), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and James Frederick Ferrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• A supplement to the Provincial glossary of Francis Grose, Esq. F.S.A. (Printed by and for J. Nichols, Son, and Bentley, 1814), by Samuel Pegge and Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctes ambrosianæ (Worthington, 1863), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and R. Shelton Mackenzie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctes Ambrosian (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1868), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and James Frederick Ferrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Adventures and misfortunes of a Lancashire clown (Printed by and for Hodgson and Co., 10, Newgate Street, 1822), by Tim Bobbin, Robert Cruikshank, and Hodgson & Co. (Publishers) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Noctes Ambrosianæ (W. Blackwood and Sons, 1863), by John Wilson, James Hogg, and James Frederick Ferrier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Original glossaries. XXIII. Isle of Wight words (Pub. for the English dialect society, by Trübner & co., 1881), by Walter W. Skeat, William Edward Thomas Morgan, Edward Sutton, William Dickinson, Angelina Parker, Charles Roach Smith, and Henry Smith (page images at HathiTrust)

• A word-list from east Alabama (Austin, Tex., 1909), by Leonidas Warren Payne (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of words and phrases pertaining to the dialect of Cumberland. (Pub. for the English dialect society by Trübner & co., 1878), by William Dickinson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Glossary of the Cornish dialect (Netherton & Worth, 1882), by Fred. W. P. Jago (page images at HathiTrust)
• Glossary of words in use in Cornwall. (Pub. for the English dialect society, by Trübner & co., 1880), by M. A. Courtney, Thomas Couch, and Thomas Quiller Couch (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of the Cotswold (Gloucestershire) dialect (J. R. Smith; [etc., etc.], 1868), by Richard Webster Huntley (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of words used in Holderness in the East-Riding of Yorkshire. (Pub. for the English dialect society, by Trübner & co., 1877), by Frederick Ross, Thomas Holderness, and Richard Stead (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect, by Bryham Kirkby, contrib. by Joseph Wright (Gutenberg ebook)

• A glossary of the Lancashire dialect. (Pub. for the Literary club By A. Ireland & co.; [etc.,etc.], 1875), by J. H. Nodal and George Milner (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of the dialect of the hundred of Lonsdale, north and south of the sands, in the county of Lancaster. (For the Philological society by Asher & co., 1869), by Robert Backhouse Peacock (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of terms used in the coal trade of Northumberland and Durham (Graham, 1970), by George Clementson Greenwell (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Northumberland words. (Pub. for the English dialect society by K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., 1892), by Harry Haldane (page images at HathiTrust)

• A glossary of the provincialisms in use in the county of Sussex. (Printed for private distribution, by W. Fleet, 1836), by William Durrant Cooper (page images at HathiTrust)

• Lakeland Words: A Collection of Dialect Words and Phrases as Used in Cumberland and Westmorland, with Illustrative Sentences in the North Westmorland Dialect, by Bryham Kirkby, contrib. by Joseph Wright (Gutenberg ebook)

• A glossary of provincial words and phrases in use in Wiltshire. (J. R. Smith, 1842), by John Yonge Akerman (page images at HathiTrust)

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