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GROSE'S

Classical Dictionary

OF THE

VULGAR TONGUE,

REVISED AND CORRECTED,

With the Addition of numerous

SLANG PHRASES,

COLLECTED FROM TRIED AUTHORITIES.

BY PIERCE EGAN,

Author of “ Boxiana,” “ Picture of the Fancy," "Sporting Anecdotes," &c.

"A kind of cant phraseology is current from one end of the Metropolis to the
other, and you will scarcely be able to move a single step, my dear JERRY, without
consulting a Slang Dictionary, or having some friend at your elbow to explain the
strange expressions which, at every turn, will assail your ear."

Corinthian Tom-LIFE IN LONDON.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR THE EDITOR, No. 71, CHANCERY-LANE,

AND SOLD BY ALL BOOKSELLERS.

1823.

LIBRARY OF

DR. EWALD FLÜGEL