Sportsman's slang : a new dictionary of terms used in affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase, the pit, of bon-ton, and the varieties of life : forming the completest and most authentic lexicon balatronicum hitherto offered to the notice of the sporting world : for elucidating words and phrases that are necessarily, or purposely, rendered cramp, mutative, and unintelligible, outside their respective spheres : interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations, and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts useful and proper for novices, flats, and yokels / by Jon Bee, Esq. ...
Edition:
Editio altera.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch-Lane, Cornhill, for the author, 1825.[London] : Sold by T. Hughes, 35, Ludgate-Street : J. Walker, 44, Paternoster-Row : Hal Fores, 16, Panton-Street : and at 4, Long-Lane, Smithfield, [1825]
Physical Description:
[2], xvi, 222 [that is 202] pages, [5] leaves of plates ([1] folded) : illustrations ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Numbers 28-47 omitted from the paging.
Subject Terms:
English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries. | Cant -- Dictionaries. | Sports -- England -- Slang. | Swindlers and swindling -- Slang -- Dictionaries. | Boxing -- Slang. | Lewis, William -- Printer. | Lazarus, Herbert B. -- Ownership.