A Pocket Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Captain Francis Grose, Edited by Steve Mockus

Originally published in 1785, the Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue was one of the first lexicons of English slang, compiled by a militia captain who collected the terms he over­heard in London's slums, dockyards, and taverns. Some of the terms have found their place in today's common English as idioms. This handy pocket-sized edition gathers the most amusing and useful terms and phrases from the dictionary and helpfully presents them for easy modern-day deployment.

ISBN 9781452184609 | E | HB