A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

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Hotten John Camden. A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words

PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION

THE HISTORY OF CANT, OR, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF VAGABONDS

ACCOUNT OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS USED BY VAGABONDS

THE HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE

A DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, & VULGAR WORDS; MANY WITH THEIR ETYMOLOGIES TRACED

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BACK SLANG, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF COSTERMONGERS

GLOSSARY OF THE BACK SLANG

SOME ACCOUNT OF THE RHYMING SLANG, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF CHAUNTERS AND PATTERERS

GLOSSARY OF THE RHYMING SLANG

THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; OR A LIST OF THE BOOKS WHICH HAVE BEEN CONSULTED IN COMPILING THIS WORK, COMPRISING NEARLY EVERY KNOWN TREATISE UPON THE SUBJECT

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS, &c

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The First Edition of this work had a rapid sale, and within a few weeks after it was published the entire issue passed from the publisher’s shelves into the hands of the public. A Second Edition, although urgently called for, was not immediately attempted. The First had been found incomplete and faulty in many respects, and the author determined to thoroughly revise and recast before again going to press. The present edition, therefore, will be found much more complete than the First; indeed, I may say that it has been entirely rewritten, and that, whereas the First contained but 3,000 words, this gives nearly 5,000, with a mass of fresh illustrations, and extended articles on the more important slang terms – HUMBUG, for instance. The notices of a Lingua Franca element in the language of London vagabonds is peculiar to this edition.

My best thanks are due to several correspondents for valuable hints and suggestions as to the probable etymologies of various colloquial expressions.

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GYB, a writing.

GYGER [jigger], a dore.

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