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 lexicon balatronicum et macaronicum, particulary adapted to the use of the sporting world ... : 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 /
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| Author / Creator: | Badcock, John, active 1816-1830 |
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| Edition: | Ed. altera. |
| Imprint: | London : Printed by W. Lewis ... for the author, [1825?] |
| Description: | [2], xvi, 222 [i.e. 202] p., [5] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (1 col.) ; 18 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/3133280 |
| Item Description: | Numbers 28-47 omitted from the paging. Largely a reissue of his Slang, a dictionary of the turf, the ring the chase ... (1823); t.p. replaced by a new t.p and author's "advertisement" added; text enlarged from 216 to 222 p.--NUC pre-1956. Col. frontispiece has title: Life--In its varieties. |
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| Physical Description: | [2], xvi, 222 [i.e. 202] p., [5] leaves of plates (1 folded) : ill. (1 col.) ; 18 cm. |