CONTENTS. A SHORT HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE. Slang at Babylon and Nineveh — Old English Slang — Slang in the time of Cromwell, and in the Court of Charles II. — Swift and Arbuthnot fond of Slang — The origin of "Cabbage" — "The Real Simon Pure" — Tom Brown and Ned Ward — Did Dr Johnson compile a Slang Dictionary? — John Bee's absurd etymology of Slang — The true origin of the term — Derived from the Gipsies — Burns and his fat friend, Grose — Slang used by all classes, High and Low — Slang in Parliament, and amongst our friends — New words not so reprehensible as old words burdened with strange meanings — The poor Foreigner's perplexity — Long and windy Slang words — Vulgar corruptions, 33-42 Fashionable Slang, 42 Parliamentary Slang, 45 Military and Dandy Slang, 47 University Slang, 48 Religious Slang, 49 Legal Slang, or Slang amongst the Lawyers, 52 Literary Slang — Punch on "Slang and Sanscrit," 53 Theatrical Slang, or Slang both before and behind the curtain, 56 Civic Slang, 57 Slang Terms for Money — Her Majesty's coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms — Old Slang terms for money — The classical origin of Slang money-terms — The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century, 58-61 Shopkeepers' Slang, 61 Workmen's Slang, or Slang in the workshop — Many Slang terms for money derived from operatives, 62 Slang Apologies for Oaths, or sham exclamations for passion and temper — Slang swearing, 63 Slang Terms for Drunkenness, and the graduated scale of fuddlement and intoxication, 64 DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS; many with their etymologies traced, together with Illustrations, and references to authorities, 65-274 Some Account of the Back Slang, the secret language of Costermongers — The principle of the Back Slang — Boys and girls soon acquire it — The Back Slang unknown to the Police — Costermongers' terms for money — Arithmetic amongst the Costermongers, 275-279 Glossary of the Back Slang, 280-284 Some Account of the Rhyming Slang, the secret language of Chaunters and Patterers — The origin of the Rhyming Slang — Spoken principally by Vagabond Poets, Patterers, and Cheap Jacks — Patterers "well up" in Street Slang — Curious Slang Letter from a Chaunter, 285-288 Glossary of the Rhyming Slang, 289-292 The Bibliography of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language, or a list of the books which have been consulted in the compilation of this work, comprising nearly every known treatise upon the subject, 293-305 Digitized by Google.

Revised and enlarged edition of: A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words

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