The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 by John Simpson

The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 by John Simpson

The first work dedicated solely to the subject of slang words and their meanings, this book is a lost gem originally intended to educate the polite London classes in the parlance of thieves and ruffians, should they be so unlucky as to wander into the wrong parts of town.

"An invaluable guide to the argot of seventeenth-century low London" - Peter Ackroyd "Gives us a sense of how rich a mine the English language is and how ingenious its users. Slang is eternal." - Alexander Theroux, Wall Street Journal "A fascinating insight into a bygone linguistic age." - David Crystal

John Simpson is Chief Editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. He edited (with Edmund Weiner) the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published to great acclaim in 1989. Together with John Ayno, he is also co-editor of the Oxford Dictionary of Slang. He is a world expert on proverbs and slang, has edited dictionaries and regularly lectures and broadcasts on the English language

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ISBN 13	9781851243488
ISBN 10	1851243488
Title	The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699
Author	John Simpson
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bodleian Library
Year published	2010-09-23
Number of pages	224
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