The Slang Dictionary; Or, The Vulgar Words, Street Phrases, and "fast" Expressions of High and Low Society: Many with Their Etymology and a Few with Their History Traced |
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abbreviation allusion amongst Ancient Cant Anglo-Indian Anglo-Saxon applied BACK SLANG beat beer beggars blow boys Brummagem called Cambridge Cant language Cant term Cant words cards cheat cloth coloured common corruption coster costermongers curious derived Dictionary drink drunk edition English expression fashionable favourite FAWNEY fellow formerly French frequently GEORGE CRUIKSHANK German gilt Gipsy give Greek Grose horse Hudibras illustrations Irish Italian John Camden Hotten ladies Lingua Franca London means modern morocco Old Cant Old English one's origin patterers Paul Clifford penny person phrase Piccadilly pickpocket piece Pierce Egan popular printed prison probably public-house Pugilistic remark sailors SALTEE Scotch SCREEVE sell sense Seven Dials Shakspeare shillings signifies sixpence Slang term Slang words sometimes speech steal STICK story street synonymous Theatrical thief thieves tongue tramps vagabonds vulgar words Winchester College woman