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• English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries

• Modern flash dictionary, containing all the cant words, slang terms, and flash phrases, now in vogue. (J. Duncombe, 1830), by George Kent (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new canting dictionary, comprehending all the terms, antient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains : interspersed with proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c. : being a complete collection of all that has been publish'd of that kind, with very large additions of words never before made publick ... : with a preface, giving an account of the original, progress, &c. of the canting crew, and recommending methods for diminishing these varlets, by better employment of the poor : to which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect. (And sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1725) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Public School Word-book: A conribution to to a historical glossary of words phrases and turns of expression obsolete and in current use peculiar to our great public schools together with some that have been or are modish at the universities, by John Stephen Farmer (Gutenberg ebook)

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• Memoirs of James Hardy Vaux. Written by himself., by James Hardy Vaux (Gutenberg ebook)

• 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence (updated after 1811), ed. by Francis Grose and Hewson Clarke, contrib. by Robert Cromie (Gutenberg text)
• A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (London: S. Hooper, 1785), ed. by Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang, and Phrase (London: G. Routledge and Sons; New York: E. P. Dutton and Co., ca. 1909), by J. Redding Ware (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf, the Ring, the Chase, the Pit, of Bon-Ton, and the Varieties of Life (London: Printed for T. Hughes, 1823), by John Badcock (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Over the Top," By an American Soldier Who Went: Arthur Guy Empey, Machine Gunner, Serving in France; Together With Tommy's Dictionary of the Trenches, by Arthur Guy Empey (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew, in its several tribes, of gypsies, beggars, thieves, cheats, &c. with an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c. ([Smith, Kay & co.], 1899), by gent B. E. and B. E. (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grose's Classical dictionary of th vulgar tongue, revised and corrected, with the addition of numerous slang phrases, collected from tried authorites (Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823), by Francis Grose and Pierce Egan (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Over the top" (G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1917), by Arthur Guy Empey (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 (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)
• Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence (Printed for C. Chappel, 1811), by Francis Grose and Hewson Clarke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vocabulum; or, The rogue's lexicon. Comp. from the most authentic sources (G. W. Matsell, 1859), by George Washington Matsell (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of American underworld lingo (Twayne Publishers, 1950), by Hyman E. Goldin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Narcotics lingo and lore. (Thomas, 1959), by J. E. Schmidt (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Unusual words and how they came about, (Philosophical library, 1946), by Edwin Radford (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American slang dictionary ([R.J. Kittredge & Co.], 1891), by James Maitland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang, and phrase (G. Routledge & sons, limited;, 1909), by J. Redding Ware (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Soldier and sailor words and phrases; including slang of the trenches and the air force; British and American war-words and service terms and expressions in everyday use; nicknames, sobriquets, and titles of regiments, with their origins; the battle-honours of the great war awarded to the British army (E. P. Dutton & co., 1925), by Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (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)
• A dictionary of slang, jargon & cant embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian slang, pidgin English, gypsies' jargon and other irregular phraseology. (G. Bell, 1897), by Albert Barrère and Charles Godfrey Leland (page images at HathiTrust)
• Soldier and sailor words and phrases; including slang of the trenches and the air force; British and American war-words and service terms and expressions in every-day use; nicknames, sobriquets, and titles of regiments, with their origins; the battle-honours of the Great War awarded to the British Army (G. Routledge, 1925), by Edward Fraser and John Gibbons (page images at HathiTrust)
• A dictionary of slang and colloquial English : abridged from the seven-volume work, entitled : Slang and its analogues (G. Routledge ;, 1912), by John Stephen Farmer and William Ernest Henley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Air words; a popular aviation definitionary of the language flyers speak (Superior Pub. Co., 1946), by Frederick William Hamann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A vocabulary of criminal slang, with some examples of common usages (Modern Printing Co., 1915), by Louis E. Jackson and C. R. Hellyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dictionary of service slang (M.S. Mill Co., inc., 1944), by Park Kendall (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slang dictionary (J. C. Hotten, 1865), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (Printed for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, 1823), by Francis Grose and Pierce Egan (page images at HathiTrust)
• A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue. (Printed for S. Hooper, 1788), by Francis Grose (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grose's classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue : Revised and corrected with the addition of numerous slang phrases collected from tried authorities (Printed for the editor and sold by all booksellers, 1823), by Francis Grose and Pierce Egan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The public school word-book : a contribution to a historical glossary of words, phrases, and turns of expression, obsolete and in present use, peculiar to our great public schools, together with some that have been or are modish at the universities ([Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co.], 1900), by John Stephen Farmer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A dictionary of slang and colloquial English : abridged from the seven-volume work, entitled: Slang and its analogues (G. Routledge & Sons, limited;, 1905), by John Stephen Farmer and William Ernest Henley (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, 1870), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grose's Classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue (Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1823), by Francis Grose and Pierce Egan (page images at HathiTrust)
• The slang dictionary; etymological, historical and anecdotal. (Chatto & Windus, 1925), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• A New canting dictionary: comprehending all the terms, ancient and modern, used in the several tribes of gypsies, beggars, shoplifters, highwaymen, foot-pads, and all other clans of cheats and villains. Interspersed with proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c. Being a complete collection of all that has been publish'd of that kind. With very large additions of words never before made publick ... With a preface, giving an account of the original, progress, &c. of the canting crew; and recommending methods for diminishing these varlets, by better employment of the poor. To which is added a complete collection of songs in the canting dialect. (London, 1725) (page images at HathiTrust)
• 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)
• The public school word-book; a contribution to a historical glossary of words, phrases, and turns of expression, obsolete and in present use, peculiar to our great public schools, together with some that have been or are modish at the universities. (Gale Research Co., 1968), by John Stephen Farmer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Slang dictionary of New York, London and Paris : a collection of strange figures of speech, expressive terms and odd phrases used in the leading cities of the world, their origin, meaning and application (National Police Gazette Office, 1880), by Alfred Trumble (page images at HathiTrust)
• Passing English of the Victorian era, a dictionary of heterodox English, slang, and phrase (G. Routledge & Sons, limited;, 1909), by J. Redding Ware (page images at HathiTrust)
• A desk-book of errors in English : including notes on colloquialisms and slang to be avoided in conversation (Grosset & Dunlap, 1920), by Frank H. Vizetelly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tommy's dictionary of the trenches (G. P. Putnam's sons, 1917), by Arthur Guy Empey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The slang dictionary; etymological, historical and anecdotal. (Chatto & Windus, 1903), by John Camden Hotten (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tommy's dictionary of the trenches (W. Briggs, 1917), by Arthur Guy Empey (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Criminal slang ([s.n., 1914), by Louis E. Jackson and C. R. Hellyer (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, 1872), by John Camden Hotten (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)
• Dictionary of American underworld lingo (Citadel Press, 1962), by Hyman E. Goldin (page images at HathiTrust)
• Oil slanguage. (Petroleum Publishers, 1954), by Jerry Robertson (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)
• A dictionary of army and navy slang (M. S. Mill, 1941), by Park Kendall and Johnny Viney (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new dictionary of all the cant and flash languages, both ancient and modern; used by Gipsies, beggars, swindlers, shoplifters, peterers, starrers, footpads, highwaymen, sharpers, and every class of offenders, from a lully prigger to a high tober gloak. (Printed by W. Mackintosh, and sold by J. Downes, 1800), by Hymphry Tristram Potter (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sea slang : a dictionary of the old-timers' expressions and epithets (S. Low, Marston & co., ltd., 1929), by Frank Charles Bowen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Additions to a volume on the slang and the idioms of the World War. (s.n.], 1929), by Eugene Stock McCartney, John Gibbons, and Edward Fraser (page images at HathiTrust)
• A new dictionary of the terms ancient and modern of the canting crew in its several tribes of gypsies, beggers, thieves, cheats, &c. : With an addition of some proverbs, phrases, figurative speeches, &c., by B. E. (Gutenberg ebook)
• Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 (of 7) : A dictionary, historical and comparative, of the heterodox speech of all classes of society for more than three hundred years. With synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, etc., by John Stephen Farmer and William Ernest Henley (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sinks of London Laid Open: A Pocket Companion for the Uninitiated, to Which is Added a Modern Flash Dictionary Containing all the Cant Words, Slang Terms, and Flash Phrases Now in Vogue, with a List of the Sixty Orders of Prime Coves, illust. by George Cruikshank (Gutenberg ebook)

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