SHOPKEEPERS’ SLANG 82_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.

WORKMEN’S SLANG, or Slang in the workshop—Many Slang terms for

money derived from operatives 83

SLANG APOLOGIES FOR OATHS, or sham exclamations for passion and

temper—Slang swearing 85

SLANG TERMS FOR DRUNKENNESS, and the graduated scale of fuddlement

and intoxication 86

DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS; _many with their

etymologies traced, together with illustrations, and references to

authorities_ 89–249

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 251–255

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