Sportsman's slang; a new dictionary of terms used in the affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase and the cock-pit, with those of bon-ton and the varieties of life / interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts, useful and proper for novices, flats and yokels, by Jon Bee [pseud].

  • John Badcock
Date:
1825
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sportsman's slang; a new dictionary of terms used in the affairs of the turf, the ring, the chase and the cock-pit, with those of bon-ton and the varieties of life / interspersed with anecdotes and whimsies, with tart quotations and rum-ones, with examples, proofs and monitory precepts, useful and proper for novices, flats and yokels, by Jon Bee [pseud]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SPORTSMAN’S SLANG; A NEW DICTIONARY OF TERMS USED IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE TURF, THE RING, THE CHASE, AND THE COCK-PIT; WITH THOSE OF BON-TON, AND THE VARIETIES OF LIFE; FORMING AN ORIGINAL AND AUTHENTIC Helicon ISalatronirum ct DSacatontcutn, PARTICULARLY ADAPTED TO THE USE OF THE SPOETING For elucidating Words and Phrases that are necessarily, or purposely, rendered cramp, mutative and unintelligible, outside their respective Spheres. INTERSPERSED WITH ANECDOTES AND WHIMSIES, WITH TART QUOTATIONS AND RUM- ONES; WITH EXAMPLES, PROOFS AND MONITORY PRECEPTS., USEFUL AND PROPER FOR HOVIC12S, PLATS, iLNB VORLLS. Editio altera. By JON BEE, Esq. EDITOR OF THE ORIGINAL FANCY, FANCY GAZETTE, FANCYANA, LIVING PICTURE OF LONDON, AND THE LIKE OF THAT. “ Words not in Johnson,—no f udge.” Hants on: PRINTED BY W. LEWIS, 21, FINCH-LANE, CORN HILL ; FOR THE AUTHOR. 1825. [ Turn over.
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