The smallest slang dictionary ever printed.
MONCRIEFF’S Tom and Jerry, or Life in London, a Farce in Three Acts,
12mo. 1820
An excellent exponent of the false and forced “high life” which was
so popular during the minority of George IV. The farce had a run of
a hundred nights, or more, and was a general favourite for years.
It abounds in cant, and the language of “gig,” as it was then often
termed.
MORNINGS AT BOW STREET, by T. Wright, 12mo, _with Illustrations by
George Cruikshank_. _Tegg_, 1838
In this work a few etymologies of slang words are attempted.
NEW CANTING DICTIONARY, 12mo. N.D.
A copy of this work is described in _Rodd’s Catalogue of Elegant
Literature_, 1845, part iv., No. 2128, with manuscript notes and
additions in the autograph of Isaac Reed, price £1 8s.
NEW DICTIONARY of the Terms, Ancient and Modern, of the Canting Crew in
its several tribes of Gypsies, Beggars, Thieves, Cheats, &c., with an
addition of some _Proverbs, Phrases, Figurative Speeches, &c._, by B.
E. GENT, 12mo. N.D. [1710]
Afterwards issued under the title of _Bacchus and Venus_, 1737, and
in 1754 as the _Scoundrel’s Dictionary_.
NEW DICTIONARY of all the Cant and Flash Languages used by every class
of offenders, from a Lully Prigger to a High Tober Gloak, small 8vo.,
pp. 62. 179—
Mentioned by John Bee.
NOTES AND QUERIES. The invaluable Index to this most useful periodical
may be consulted with advantage by the seeker after etymologies of
slang and cant words.
PARKER. High and Low Life, A View of Society in, being the Adventures
in England, Ireland, &c., of Mr. G. Parker, a _Stage Itinerant_, 2 vols
in 1, thick 12mo. _Printed for the Author_, 1781
A curious work, containing many cant words, with 100 orders of rogues
and swindlers.
PARKER’S (Geo.) Life’s Painter of Variegated Characters, with a
Dictionary of Cant Language and Flash Songs, to which is added a
Dissertation on Freemasonry, _portrait_, 8vo. 1789
PEGGE’S (Samuel) Anecdotes of the English Language, chiefly regarding
the Local Dialect of London and Environs, 8vo. 1803–41
PERRY’S (William) London Guide and Stranger’s Safeguard, against
Cheats, Swindlers, and Pickpockets, by a Gentleman who has made the
Police of the Metropolis an object of enquiry twenty-two years (no
wonder when the author was in prison a good portion of that time!) 1818
Contains a dictionary of slang and cant words.