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Year:
1699
Short description:
B.E.'s 'Dictionary of the Canting Crew'
Medium description:
B. E.'s 'New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew'.
[Coleman states c1698]
Tags:
history of English
Slang
Burchfield, R. (2002). The English Language. New York: Oxford University Press [p.130]
Coleman, Julie (2004). A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Volume II 1785-1858. New York: Oxford University Press [p.6]