The Slang Dictionary, Etymological, Historical, and Anecdotal

abbreviation allusion American amongst Ancient Cant Anglo-Indian applied back slang beat beer beggars betting blow bookmakers boys Brummagem called Cant language cant term Cant words cards cheat chete Cockney coin colour common connexion corruption costermongers cribbage denote derived Dictionary drink drunk English expression fashionable favourite fellow formerly French frequently Gipsy give Grose head horse Hudibras HUMBUG Irish Italian kind known ladies latter Lingua Franca London means modern nose old cant old English one's originally Oxford PANTILE peculiar penny person phrase pickpocket piece Pierce Egan play popular prison Probably public-house pugilistic race reference rhyming slang sailors SALTEE Scotch SCREEVE sense Seven Dials Shakspeare shillings signifies sixpence slang song slang term Slang words sometimes speech sporting steal STICK street supposed synonymous thief thieves tion tongue toss tramps vagabonds vulgar woman