A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo-Indian Slang, Pidgin English, Tinker's Jargon and Other Irregular Phraseology, Volume 1Albert Barrère, Charles Godfrey Leland Ballantyne Press, 1890 - Cant |
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Common terms and phrases
actor Ameri Anglo-Indian applied Australian Ballad Bede beer Bird o Freedom blow called cheat coin common costermongers Curses of London Daily Telegraph derived Detroit Free Press dress drink Dutch England Eton explained by quotation expression fellow French slang German girl give Greenwood gypsy hand head Hence horse Hotten Ingoldsby Legends Jottings from Jail lady means metaphor military nautical never night old cant old English Oliver Twist one's origin Paul Clifford person phrase pidgin play pocket popular and thieves printers prison probably provincial English pugilistic Punch Punch and Judy queer race Saddle and Moccasin Seven Curses Shelta signifies Song Sporting steal Stock Exchange street swell swindle synonym tailors talk Telegraph term theatrical thief thing tinker tion tramp turf Verdant Green Vide walk watch Winchester College woman word young