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Year:

1755

Short description:

Bailey's 'A New Universal English Dictionary'

Medium description:

Revised version of Nathan Bailey's 'Universal Etymological Dictionary'

Tags:

history of English

Links:

was a source for

Grose's 'Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue' according to

Coleman, Julie, 2004

Coleman, Julie (2004). A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries Volume II 1785-1858. New York: Oxford University Press [p.3]