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J. Redding Ware
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| #1701872 in Books | Bodleian Library, University of Oxford | 2013-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 7.75 x1.10 x5.00l,.85 | File type: PDF | 288 pages | ||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Very Good Compact Victorian English Slang Dictionary|By Jon Linden|Ware's Victorian Dictionary of Slang and Phrase is an interesting and easy to use Victorian Slang English Dictionary. While it cannot approach the comprehensiveness of the "Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English" yet it does not try to be the equal of that book. Of its kind, I found the "Ware's Victori||
“Nobody who appreciates the history and color of the English language can fail to enjoy the Bodleian Library’s new facsimile edition of Ware’s masterpiece.”
Acutely aware of the changes affecting English at the end of the Victorian era, writer and journalist J. Redding Ware set out to record words and turns of phrase from all walks of life, from the curses in common use by sailors to the rhyming slang of the street and the jargon of the theater dandies. In doing so, he extended the lifespan of words like “air-hole,” “lally-gagging,” and “bow-wow mutton.”
First published in 1909...
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