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Jargon (Terminology)

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  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.
  • A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
  • A doctor telling his apprentice how to use language correctly. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.
  • A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.
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    A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.

    Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809. | Date: [1807?] | Reference: 11208i
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    Languages and jargons : contributions to a social history of language / edited by Peter Burke and Roy Porter.

    | Date: 1995
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    A doctor telling his apprentice how to use language correctly. Wood engraving after J. Leech, 1846.

    Leech, John, 1817-1864. | Date: 1846 | Reference: 15583i
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    Nonsense talked by a cobbler compared to the talk of a parson and a surgeon-apothecary. Coloured etching attributed to C. Williams, ca. 1812.

    Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809. | Date: 1812 | Reference: 532357i
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    A sailor with a bandaged eye consulting a mercenary medical practitioner. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1807?, after G.M. Woodward.

    Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809. | Date: [1807?] | Reference: 21026i
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