An exmoor scolding, in the propriety and decency of Exmooor language, between two sisters, Wilmot Moreman & Thomasin Moreman, As they were Spinning. Also, an Exmoor courtship. Together with notes, and a vocabulary For explaining uncouth Expressions, and interpreting barbarous Words and Phrases.

People / Organizations

• Peter Lock of North-Moulton (Author)

Imprint

Exeter: printed by B. Thorn and Son, booksellers, stationers, and printers, opposite the Guildhall, in the Fore-Street, MDCCLXXXII. [1782]

Publication year

1782-1782

ESTC No.

T130496

Grub Street ID

179596

Description

[2],vi,60p. : ill. ; 8⁰

Note

"The following collection was originally made .. by .. one Peter Lock, of North-Moulton .." (preface).

Sometimes also attributed to Andrew Brice, Benjamin Bowring and William Hole.

With a half-title.

Price from imprint: price Nine-Pence, stitched.

Uncontrolled note

Gatherings signed C, D and E have horizontal chain lines