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Argot and Slang: A New French and English Dictionary of the Cant Words, Quaint Expressions, Slang Terms and Flash Phrases Used in the High and Low Life of Old and New Paris

Author: Barrere, Albert

Keywords: French language, Slang, Dictionaries, English, Philological Studies

Publisher: Hugo's Language Institute, London

Description: Written by Albert Barrerre, this book is a compiled dictionary of French and English cant and slang words. This dictionary is a result of a long course of philological studies of the author. This work is not only helpful to the lover of philological studies, but it also interests the English reader of modern French works of fiction. The author has further introduced a small number of eccentricities of language, which though not strictly slang, deserve recording on account of their quaintness.

Source: Central Secretariat Library

Type: Rare Book

Received From: Central Secretariat Library


DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Barrere, Albert
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-04T05:36:18Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-04T05:36:18Z
dc.description Written by Albert Barrerre, this book is a compiled dictionary of French and English cant and slang words. This dictionary is a result of a long course of philological studies of the author. This work is not only helpful to the lover of philological studies, but it also interests the English reader of modern French works of fiction. The author has further introduced a small number of eccentricities of language, which though not strictly slang, deserve recording on account of their quaintness.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent 483 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Hugo's Language Institute, London
dc.subject French language, Slang, Dictionaries, English, Philological Studies
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1906
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001557
dc.format.medium text
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Barrere, Albert
dc.date.accessioned 2018-08-04T05:36:18Z
dc.date.available 2018-08-04T05:36:18Z
dc.description Written by Albert Barrerre, this book is a compiled dictionary of French and English cant and slang words. This dictionary is a result of a long course of philological studies of the author. This work is not only helpful to the lover of philological studies, but it also interests the English reader of modern French works of fiction. The author has further introduced a small number of eccentricities of language, which though not strictly slang, deserve recording on account of their quaintness.
dc.source Central Secretariat Library
dc.format.extent 483 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.language.iso English
dc.publisher Hugo's Language Institute, London
dc.subject French language, Slang, Dictionaries, English, Philological Studies
dc.type Rare Book
dc.date.copyright 1906
dc.identifier.accessionnumber AS-001557
dc.format.medium text