New Bodleian Publication: The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699 - Bodleian Libraries - 3 views
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Rhondda Powling on 25 Aug 10The Bodleian library republishes a rediscovered volume of how the "canting crew" spoke. The cant was the secret language of the rogues, beggars and vagabonds who peopled the underworld of early England. The word 'slang' itself is not recorded by the Oxford English Dictionary until 1756