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| Title | Lexicon Balatronicum: A Dictionary of Buckish Slang, University Wit, and Pickpocket Eloquence Mary De Renne collection |
| Author | Francis Grose |
| Editor | Hewson Clarke |
| Illustrated by | George Cruikshank |
| Publisher | C. Chappel, 1811 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 18 Jul 2007 |
| Length | 224 pages |
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