General dictionary of provincialisms, written with a view to rescue from oblivion the fast fading relics of by-gone days

by William Holloway

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First edition

Lewes: Sussex Press: printed and published by Baxter and Son, 1838. First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, 194, 2 list of subscribers ; original blue cloth-backed drab boards, printed paper spine label mostly perished ; spine quite toned and badly cracked; some foxing, most heavily to preliminaries, else interior very good. Preface includes a brief description of earlier works on provincialisms in England; introduction describes outstanding features of each county's

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