A view of the Lancashire dialect; by way of dialogue. Between Tummus o'Williams's, o'Margit o'Roaph's, and Meary o'Dick's, o'Tummy o'Peggy's. Shewing in that speech, the comical adventures and misfortunes of a Lancashire clown. To which is prefix'd (by way of preface) a dialogue between the author and his pamphlet. With a few observations for the better pronunciation of the dialect. With a glossary of all the Lancashire words and phrases therein used. By Tim Bobbin, Fellow of the Sisyphain [sic] Society of Dutch Loom Weavers, and an old adept in the dialect.

  • Bobbin, Tim, 1708-1786.
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1757
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Manchester : printed and sold by Josehp [sic] Harrop, and by booksellers throughout England and Wales, 1757.

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51,[37]p.,plate ; 120.

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The sixth edition.

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ESTC T117274

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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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