A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries

• Written for a multi-disciplinary readership of social and cultural historians and historians of language
• Full of revelation about the underside of early modern English life

Readership: Academics or amateurs interested in the following fields: slang; cant; history of the English language; English dictionaries; social history (esp. history of poverty, crime, or the penal system); the language and literature of the underworld; euphemism; censorship.

Julie Coleman, University of Leicester

List of Illustrations
Abbreviations and Conventions
Introduction
1: The Beggars are Coming to Town
2: The Harman-Lists
3: The Head-Lists
4: The B. E.-Lists
5: The Life of Bampfylde-Moore Carew
6: Other Cant and Slang Lists
7: Cant in Other Dictionaries
8: Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography
Subject Index
Word Index