B. E., A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew (1699)
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Date
1699
Author
Book title
A New Dictionary Of The Terms Ancient and Modern Of The Canting Crew, In its several Tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Thieves, Cheats, &c. With An Addition of some Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c. Useful for all sorts of People, (especially Foreigners) to secure their Money and preserve their Lives; besides very Diverting and Entertaining, being wholly New
Publication place
London
Publisher
W. Hawes, P. Gilbourne, W. Davis
Text type
printed book
Genre
Hard-word, term-of-art, and dialect dictionaries, glossaries, and definitions
Subject area
canting
Language
headwords: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
explanations: English
Word-group
type: alphabetical
Word-entry
type: headword
sample: Mutton in-long-coats, Women. A Leg of Mutton in a Silk-Stocking, a Woman's Leg. (h5v)
sample: Mutton in-long-coats, Women. A Leg of Mutton in a Silk-Stocking, a Woman's Leg. (h5v)
Wing
E 5
Catalog
Kennedy 11881 (dated 1690)
Facsimiles
E., B. A New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew. London: Smith, Kay, n.d. view record
Modern editions
- Choice Reprints of scarce books and unique MSS, ed. John S. Farmer, III (London: Smith, Kay, 1899)
Criticisms
Gotti, Maurizio. "The Evolution of Canting Lexicography in the 17th Century: B. E.'s Innovative Approach." Textus 10.2 (1997): 321-36. view record
Gotti, Maurizio. The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds: 17th and 18th Century Canting Lexicography in England. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1999. 60-67. view record
Coleman, Julie. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Vol. I: 1567-1784. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 76-104. view record
Coleman, Julie. "Some of the Sources of B.E.'s New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew." Notes and Queries 246 (2001 December): 400-01. view record
Mugglestone, Lynda. "The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699." Bodleian Library Record 25.1 (April 2012): 19-24. view record
Gotti, Maurizio. The Language of Thieves and Vagabonds: 17th and 18th Century Canting Lexicography in England. Tübingen: Niemeyer, 1999. 60-67. view record
Coleman, Julie. A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries. Vol. I: 1567-1784. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004. 76-104. view record
Coleman, Julie. "Some of the Sources of B.E.'s New Dictionary of the Terms Ancient and Modern of the Canting Crew." Notes and Queries 246 (2001 December): 400-01. view record
Mugglestone, Lynda. "The First English Dictionary of Slang 1699." Bodleian Library Record 25.1 (April 2012): 19-24. view record
Influences
- Sayers, William. "A Source for Dr. Johnson's Self-Referential Entry "Lexicographer"." ANQ: A Quarterly Journal of Short Articles, Notes, and Reviews 26.1 (2013): 17-19. view record
