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The Merit Of Captain Grose's Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue Has
Been Long And Universally Acknowledged. But Its Circulation Was
Confined Almost Exclusively To The Lower Orders Of Society: He
Was Not Aware, At The Time Of Its Compilation, That Our Young Men
Of Fashion Would At No Very Distant Period Be As Distinguished
For The Vulgarity Of Their Jargon As The Inhabitants Of Newgate;
And He Therefore Conceived It Superfluous To Incorporate With His
Work The Few Examples Of Fashionable Slang That Might Occur To
His Observation.