Project Gutenberg 2008-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 96 Anonymous Anonyme Anonymous, Anonymous Dictionnaire complet de l'argot employé dans les Mystères de Paris Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Marcia Brooks, Hugo Voisard, Pierre Lacaze and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "Dictionnaire complet de l'argot employé dans les Mystères de Paris" by Anonymous is a linguistic work written in the mid-19th century. This book serves as a dictionary, detailing the criminal slang used by thieves and con artists in Paris during this time period. It captures the unique jargon of the underworld, presenting an intriguing look at the language of crime. The content of the book primarily consists of a comprehensive glossary of argot, alongside dialogues showcasing its practical use in conversations between thieves and other characters pertinent to the criminal milieu. The book includes an extensive list of terms, phrases, and their corresponding French meanings, covering everything from body parts to various types of crimes. Additionally, the latter sections provide detailed descriptions of common criminal methods, illustrating how thieves operate in Parisian society. Overall, this text reveals the complex and often inventive language used among criminals, offering insights into both their lexicon and modus operandi. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr French language -- Slang -- Dictionaries AG PC Text FR Langues Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Language & Communication 97888 97588 2024-10-10T14:51:36.418612 2023-09-11T06:36:31.910122 text/html text/html 97881 97581 2024-10-10T14:51:36.647632 2023-09-11T06:36:32.047183 text/html text/html 121334 2024-10-10T14:51:43.489682 application/epub+zip 120822 2024-10-10T14:51:40.373590 application/epub+zip 90648 2024-10-10T14:51:39.055600 application/epub+zip 340816 2024-10-10T14:51:45.566579 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 326524 2024-10-10T14:51:42.659595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280330 2022-09-11T12:23:02.596490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 73549 73300 2024-10-10T14:51:36.005817 2023-09-11T06:36:31.704121 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 72599 2021-01-03T09:54:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 25427 2021-01-03T09:54:04 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19361 2024-10-10T14:51:45.693561 application/rdf+xml 25056 2024-10-10T14:51:39.632590 image/jpeg 4844 2024-10-10T14:51:39.325599 image/jpeg 120475 2024-10-10T14:51:36.656605 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Unknown