A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words
by John Camden Hotten
No-one had ever written about slang in the way that Hotten did. His definition of slang is one of the best there is
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“Hotten is the first slang lexicographer to come up with a considered treatment of the history of slang and indeed of cant, or criminal slang. He also offers a history of back slang and rhyming slang. His is a substantial bibliography, which no one had done before him. No-one had ever written about slang in the way that Hotten did. His definition of slang is one of the best there is…” Read more...
Jonathon Green, Literary Scholar
