A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London, the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, the Houses of Parliament, the Dens of St. Giles, and the Palaces of St. James : Preceded by a History of Cant and Vulgar Language from the Time of Henry VIII, Shewing Its Connection with the Gipsey Tongue : with Glossaries of Two Secret Languages, Spoken by the Wandering Tribes of London, the Costermongers, and the PatterersJohn Camden Hotten, 1859 - 160 Seiten |
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amongst Ancient cant BACK SLANG beat beer beggars begging Ben Jonson called cant and slang cant language cant words Canting Dictionary century chaunters cheat CHETE clothes Corruption coster costermongers COVE curious drink drunk dying speeches fashionable favourite FAWNEY fellow FENCER FLASH formerly Freemasonry French GENS Gipsey girl Glossary half halfpenny Harman Havant hieroglyphics horse Hudibras intoxicated Jack Shepherd JIBB Johnson London Mayhew meaning modern MORT Nearly obsolete Old cant old English old word one's origin patterers pence penny person phrase pickpocket piece Pierce Egan pocket popular prison public house pugilistic QUEER remark rogues SALTEE Scotch SCREEVE secret language sell sense Seven Dials Shakspere shillings singular sixpence slang terms slang words sovereign steal STICK street synonymous Theat thief thieves thrash tramps vagabonds vulgar language vulgar words whilst woman word SLANG YENEPS