Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence / Compiled originally by Captain Grose ; and now considerably altered and enlarged, with the modern changes and improvements, by a member of the Whip Club. Assisted by Hell-Fire Dick. And James Gordon, Esqrs. of Cambridge, and William Soames, Esq. of the Hon. Society of Newman's Hotel.

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Credit: Lexicon balatronicum. A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence / Compiled originally by Captain Grose ; and now considerably altered and enlarged, with the modern changes and improvements, by a member of the Whip Club. Assisted by Hell-Fire Dick. And James Gordon, Esqrs. of Cambridge, and William Soames, Esq. of the Hon. Society of Newman's Hotel. Source: Wellcome Collection.