PAGE_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.

Black and Coloured VAGABONDS—Vagabonds all over Europe—Vagabonds

Universal 1–5

Etymology of CANT—Cant used in old times—Difference between Cant

and Slang 5–7

THE GIPSEYS—Gipseys taught English Vagabonds—The Gipsey-Vagabond

alliance—The Origin of Cant—Vulgar words from the Gipsey—Gipsey

element in the English language—The poet Moore on the origin of

Cant—Borrow on the Gipsey language—The inventor of Canting not

hanged 7–15

OLD CANT words still used—Old Cant words with modern meanings—The

words “_Rum_” and “_Queer_” explained—Old Cant words entirely

obsolete 16–19

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