Contains numerous slang terms.
POTTER’S (H. T., of _Clay, Worcestershire_) New Dictionary of all the
Cant and Flash Languages, both ancient and modern, 8vo, pp. 62. 1790
POULTER. The Discoveries of John Poulter, alias Baxter, 8vo, 48 pages.
(1770?)
At pages 42, 43, there is an explanation of the “Language of Thieves,
commonly called Cant.”
PRISON BREAKER, The, or the Adventures of John Shepherd, a Farce, 8vo.
_London_, 1725
Contains a canting song, &c.
PUNCH, or the London Charivari,
Often points out slang, vulgar, or abused words. It also,
occasionally, employs them in jokes, or sketches of character.
QUARTERLY REVIEW, vol. x., p. 528.
Gives a paper on Americanisms and slang phrases.
RANDALL’S (Jack, _the pugilist_, formerly of the “_Hole in the Wall_,”
Chancery lane) Diary of Proceedings at the House of Call for Genius,
edited by Mr. Breakwindow, to which are added several of Mr. B.’s minor
pieces, 12mo. 1820
Believed to have been written by Thomas Moore. The verses are mostly
parodies of popular authors, and abound in the slang of pugilism, and
the phraseology of the fast life of the period.
RANDALL (Jack) A Few Selections from his Scrap Book; to which are added
Poems on the late Fight for the Championship, 12mo. 1822
Frequently quoted by Moore in _Tom Crib’s Memorial_.
SCOUNDREL’S DICTIONARY, or an Explanation of the Cant Words used by
Thieves, Housebreakers, Street-robbers, and Pickpockets about Town,
with some curious dissertations on the Art of Wheedling, &c., _the
whole printed from a copy taken on one of their gang, in the late
scuffle between the watchmen and a party of them on Clerkenwell green_,
8vo. 1754
A reprint of _Bacchus and Venus_, 1737.