TY  - BOOK
AU  - Farmer,John Stephen
AU  - Henley,William Ernest
TI  - Slang and its analogues past and present, volume 3 [of 7]
AV  - PE 
PY  - 2024///
CY  - Salt Lake City, UT
PB  - Project Gutenberg
KW  - English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries
KW  - Slang -- Dictionaries
N1  - Release date is 2024-12-10; Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries); Originally published; London: "Printed for Subscribers Only", 1890
N2  - "Slang and its Analogues Past and Present, Volume 3" by John S. Farmer and W. E. Henley is a historical dictionary compiled to trace and document slang and colloquial language from various social classes over a span of more than three hundred years. Written in the late 19th century, this volume offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolution of informal English language, with entries detailing the meanings, origins, and usage of diverse slang terms and their equivalents in other languages.   The opening of this dictionary introduces a wide range of slang words beginning with "F" and provides detailed definitions, etymologies, and historical references. For instance, it features words like "flabbergast," which means to astound and has been cited in various literary sources since the 18th century. It also highlights unique terms such as "flimsies" referring to banknotes and "flash," which encompasses the speech and behavior of thieves. This compilation not only educates readers about the quirky and often humorous aspects of slang but also preserves the linguistic history of society's undercurrents. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
UR  - https://archive.org/details/slangitsanalogue01farmuoft/page/n7/mode/2up
UR  - https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74870
ER  -