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9781616190477: Vocabulum; or, the Rogue's Lexicon: Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources
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ISBN 10: 1616190477 ISBN 13: 9781616190477
Casa editrice: Lawbook Exchange Ltd, 2010

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Published just before the Civil War, this dictionary offers a fascinating glimpse into the American underworld in the first half of the nineteenth century As New York City's Chief of Police and an owner of the National Police Gazette, George W. Matsell [1811-1877] had an abiding interest in criminal speechways. Although he compiled this dictionary for his colleagues in law enforcement, Matsell recognized its value to the linguist. As he notes in the preface, criminal terms were beginning to enter general usage and appeared regularly in newspapers, court reports and other publications. Includes such entries as "acorn" (a gallows), "hemp the flat" (choke a fool), "rumbo" (a prison) and "tyburn blossom" (a young thief). The appendix contains samples of criminal speech and writing (with translations) and the vocabularies of gamblers, billiard players, pugilists and stock brokers of the era.

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Editore
Lawbook Exchange Ltd
Data di pubblicazione
2010
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1616190477
ISBN 13 
9781616190477
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
128
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