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Usage
This template may be used in "References" and "Further reading" sections and on talk pages to cite various editions of John Camden Hotten's work A Dictionary of Modern Slang. It can be used to create a link to online versions of the work at Google Books and the Internet Archive:
- 1st edition (1859).
- 2nd edition (1860).
- 5th edition (1874).
Parameters
The template takes the following parameters:
|edition=– the template defaults to the 1st edition (1859) of the work. To cite the 2nd edition (1860), use|edition=2nd. To cite the 5th edition (1874), use|edition=5th.|1=or|entry=– the entry in the work quoted. If this is not specified, the template uses the name of the Wiktionary entry.|2=or|page=, or|pages=– mandatory: the page or range of pages quoted from. If quoting a range of pages, note the following:- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
|pages=10–11. - You must also use
|pageref=to indicate the page to be linked to (usually the page on which the entry appears).
- Separate the first and last page number of the range with an en dash, like this:
- This parameter must be specified to have the template link to an online version of the work.
|3=,|text=, or|passage=– the passage to be quoted.|nodot=– by default, the template adds a full stop (period) at the end of the citation. To suppress this punctuation, use|nodot=1or|nodot=yes.
Examples
- 1st edition (1859)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|entry=flabbergasted|page=39}} - Result: “FLABBERGASTED” in [John Camden Hotten], A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, , London: John Camden Hotten, , 1859, →OCLC, page 39.
- 2nd edition (1860)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|edition=2nd|entry=flabbergast|page=140|passage='''FLABERGAST''', or {{smallcaps|flabberghast}}, to astonish, or strike with wonder.}} - Result: “FLABBERGAST” in [John Camden Hotten], A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, , 2nd revised edition, London: John Camden Hotten, , 1860, →OCLC, page 140: “FLABERGAST, or flabberghast, to astonish, or strike with wonder.”.
- 5th edition (1874)
- Wikitext:
{{R:Dictionary of Modern Slang|edition=5th|entry=beeline|page=80}} - Result: “Beeline” in [John Camden Hotten], The Slang Dictionary , 5th edition, London: Chatto and Windus, 1874, page 80.