A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

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A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words is a 19th-century reference work that catalogues contemporary slang, criminal cant, and vulgar expressions in the English language.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dictionary ⓘ
reference work ⓘ
captures spoken vernacular of 19th-century Britain ⓘ
chronologicalContext Victorian era ⓘ
circulationArea English-speaking world ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
documents contemporary slang of its time ⓘ
criminal underworld vocabulary ⓘ
vulgar and taboo terms ⓘ
field historical linguistics ⓘ
lexicography ⓘ
focusesOn 19th-century English slang ⓘ
colloquial English ⓘ
criminal cant ⓘ
genre slang dictionary ⓘ
hasForm alphabetical glossary ⓘ
hasFormat book ⓘ
hasPerspective descriptive approach to language ⓘ
intendedAudience general readers ⓘ
lexicographers ⓘ
scholars of language ⓘ
language English ⓘ
lexicalScope colloquialisms ⓘ
non-standard English ⓘ
vulgarisms ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableFor coverage of low and vulgar language ⓘ
documentation of criminal and underclass speech ⓘ
focus on contemporary rather than classical vocabulary ⓘ
primaryFunction reference ⓘ
provides definitions of slang terms ⓘ
explanations of cant expressions ⓘ
interpretations of vulgar words ⓘ
relatedDiscipline cultural history ⓘ
sociolinguistics ⓘ
relatedWorkType canting dictionaries ⓘ
subject cant ⓘ
slang ⓘ
vulgar expressions ⓘ
timePeriodDocumented 19th century ⓘ
typeOfContent etymological notes ⓘ
lexical entries ⓘ
usage notes ⓘ
usedFor research on criminal argot ⓘ
study of historical slang ⓘ
understanding 19th-century popular speech ⓘ

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John Camden Hotten → notableWork → A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words ⓘ
John Camden Hotten → notableWork → The Slang Dictionary ⓘ
linked to: A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words