EXPLANATION OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS._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.

☓ NO GOOD; too poor, and know too much.

◠+ STOP,—if you have what they want, they will buy. They are pretty

“_fly_” (knowing).

⸧— GO IN THIS DIRECTION, it is better than the other road. Nothing

that way.

◇ _BONE_ (good). Safe for a “cold tatur,” if for nothing else.

“_Cheese your patter_” (don’t talk much) here.

▽ _COOPER’D_ (spoilt), by too many tramps calling there.

□ _GAMMY_ (unfavourable), likely to have you taken up. Mind the dog.

☉ _FLUMMUXED_ (dangerous), sure of a month in “_quod_” (prison).

⊕ _RELIGIOUS_, but tidy on the whole.

_See page 37._

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