Ware's Victorian Dictionary of Slang and Phrase
Distributed for Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
With an Introduction by John Simpson
288 pages
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49 halftones
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5 x 7 3/4
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© 2013
- Contents
- Review Quotes
Table of Contents

Contents
Introduction
John Simpson
John Simpson
Facsimile of James Redding Ware's Passing English of the Victorian Era: A Dictionary of Heterodox English, Slang, and Phrase
Preface
Abbreviations Used
Passing English
Review Quotes
Inside Higher Ed
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