Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

a-se allusion bailiff bawdy-house beat beggars Ben Jonson blow blue booty BOX THE JESUIT breeches BROWN BESS bull bully called cant language canting crew cheat clothes cock cove cuckold cull darkmans Devil dice dram dressed drink drunk eyes fellow flash Fleet prison formerly frequently gallows gentleman give guinea hand hanged head highwayman horse Irish JACK King's lame duck legs link-boy liquor London means mistress monosyllable MORT mouth Newgate nose one's person pickpocket PIERCE EGAN pillory play pocket Pot valiant practised pretend prison Pugilistic QUEER Randall's Scrap Book robbery rogue sailors saying Scotch cant Sea phrase Sea term sharper signifies sixpence slang soldiers sport steal story swell tail thief thieves thing tongue trick Univ Vide Randall's Diary vulgar wench whipped whore wife woman word