Specimen of a Patent Pocket Dictionary, for the Use of Those Who Wish to Understand the Meaning of Things As Well As Words (International) assertion extract   prose   humour  
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Issue Details: First known date: 1838... 1838 Specimen of a Patent Pocket Dictionary, for the Use of Those Who Wish to Understand the Meaning of Things As Well As Words
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An extract from the first instalment of a serialisation of a humourous dictionary of words published in the English magazine the New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal in 1824.

The word 'Specimen' in the original title is plural. However, as this is an extract (a 'Specimen' of the 'Specimens') the editor of the Cornwall Chronicle may have deliberately made the work singular.

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  • This international work is included in AustLit because it is published (in part or in full), advertised, or reviewed in Australian newspapers and magazines during the colonial era; and/or is the subject of Australian literary comment or creative writing.

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Specimens of a Patent Pocket Dictionary , for the Use of Those Who Wish to Understand the Meaning of Things As Well As Words (International) assertion 1824 single work prose humour

A humourous dictionary of words serialised in the English magazine the New Monthly Magazine and Literary Journal in four instalments from 1824 to 1825. The 'Dictionary' was extracted and serialised in Australian newspapers and magazines in the colonial era, including the Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser in 1839.
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