Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 3

Download or read book Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 3 written by John S. Farmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-31 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Slang and Its Analogues, Past and Present, Vol. 3: A Dictionary, Historical and Comparative, of the Heterodox Speech of All Classes of Society, for More Than Three Hundred Years; With Synonyms in English, French, German, Italian, Etc.; Fla. To Hyps F lat-iron, subs. (common). A corner public house. [from the triangular shape] flat move, subs. (old). An attempt or project that miscarries; folly and mismanagement gener ally. - grose. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.