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قراءة كتاب A Dictionary of 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.

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A Dictionary of 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.

A Dictionary of 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.

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A CADGER’S MAP OF A BEGGING DISTRICT.


EXPLANATION OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS.

  • ☓ [Cross] NO GOOD; too poor, and know too much.
  • ◠+ [Semicircle plus cross] STOP,—if you have what they want, they will buy. They are pretty “fly” (knowing).
  • ⸧— [Forked branch] GO IN THIS DIRECTION, it is better than the other road. Nothing that way.
  • ◇ [Diamond] BONE (good). Safe for a “cold tatur,” if for nothing else. “Cheese your patter” (don’t talk much) here.
  • ▽ [Downward pointing triangle] COOPER’D (spoilt), by too many tramps calling there.
  • □ [Square] GAMMY (unfavourable), likely to have you taken up. Mind the dog.
  • ☉ [Circle with dot] FLUMMUXED (dangerous), sure of a month in “quod” (prison).
  • ⊕ [Circle with cross] RELIGIOUS, but tidy on the whole.

See page 37.

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; WITH GLOSSARIES OF TWO SECRET LANGUAGES, SPOKEN BY THE WANDERING TRIBES OF LONDON, THE COSTERMONGERS, AND THE PATTERERS.

By A LONDON ANTIQUARY.

“Rabble-charming words, which carry so much wild-fire wrapt up in them.”—South.

SECOND EDITION,
REVISED, WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS.

LONDON:
JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY.
1860.

LONDON:
PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND GREENING, GRAYSTOKE-PLACE,
FETTER-LANE, E.C.