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    A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue

    Francis Grose | Date: 1796
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    A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue

    Francis Grose | Date: [1785]
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    A classical dictionary of the vulgar tongue

    Francis Grose | Date: M.DCC.LXXXVIII. [1788]
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    A new dictionary of all the cant and flash languages , both ancient and modern; used by gipsies, beggars, swindlers, shoplifters, ... Dedicated to the late Sir Sampson Wright, Knt. by Humphry Tristram Potter, ..

    Potter, Humphry Tristram, 1747-1790. | Date: [1795?]
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    A new dictionary of all the cant and flash languages , both ancient and modern; used by gipsies, beggars, swindlers, shoplifters, Peterers, Starrers, Footpads, Highwaymen, Sharpers, And every Class of Offenders, from a Lully Prigger to a High Tober Gloak. Carefully arranged and selected from the most approved Authors, and from the Manuscripts of Jonathan Wild, Baxter, and Others. By Humphry Tristram Potter, Attorney at Law, Dedicated, Dedicated, by Permission, to William Addington, Esq.

    Potter, Humphry Tristram, 1747-1790. | Date: [1796?]
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