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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries$
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A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries: Volume III: 1859-1936

Julie Coleman

Print publication date: 2008

Print ISBN-13: 9780199549375

Published to Oxford Scholarship Online: January 2009

DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549375.001.0001

John Camden Hotten

Chapter:
(p. 15 ) One: John Camden Hotten
Source:
A History of Cant and Slang Dictionaries
Author(s):

Julie Coleman (Contributor Webpage)

Publisher:
Oxford University Press
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199549375.003.0002

This chapter examines John Camden Hotten's Slang Dictionary, which was published in five volumes between 1859-1874, and republished thereafter for many years. Hotten's was a dictionary of the people for the people. It is still frequently used for reference, but its contents are often unreliable, particularly the etymologies.

Keywords:   slang, cant, 19th century, England, Victorian, dictionary, etymologies

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