Variant spelling and hyphenation have been preserved as printed; simple
typographical errors have been corrected.
The following changes were also made:
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_ROME BOUSE_ [rum booze], [TN: added comma]
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and what schoolboys term “freeing.”] [TN: added closing bracket]
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through the caprices of fashion. [TN: deleted extraneous quotation
mark]
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“Hou_g_ do_g_ you_g_ do_g_?” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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a “GRACIOUS child,” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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singular enough now, but common forty years ago. [TN: deleted
extraneous quotation mark]
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“oh, BETTER ’n a mile.” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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talk BIG,” _i.e._ [TN: was "ie."]
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BLOOD-RED [TN: added hyphen]
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“O du _blühende_ [TN: was "bülhende"]
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having been at first plastered [TN: was "filastered"]
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“tip us your DADDLES,” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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“what does he intend to imply?” [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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DUNAKER, a stealer of cows or calves. [TN: added period]
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“cut up FAT,” [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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FLUMMUXED, stopped, used up. [TN: added period]
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GO, a GO of gin, [TN: added comma]
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for his customers to visit him. [TN: was a comma]
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ST. BEE’S.—_University._ [TN: added period]
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feigning sickness or other means. [TN: added period]
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KIMBO, or A-KIMBO [TN: was "A KIMBO"]
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“landsman.”—_See_ LOAFER [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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“gay women.” [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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MUMMER, a performer at a travelling theatre. [TN: added period]
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“he picked up a bit of MUSLIN.” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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NESTS, varieties.—_Old_. [TN: added period]
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NYMPH OF THE PAVE (_French_, PAVÉ [TN: was "PAVÈ"]
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“PIPE one’s eye.” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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“he’s a rare PLUCKED-’UN,” _i.e._ [TN: added period]
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PRIG, a thief. [TN: added period]
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PUB, or PUBLIC, a public-house. [TN: added period]
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“M.B.” coats worn by Tractarian curates.— [TN: deleted extraneous
quotation mark]
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“Lord Strut was not very _flush_ in READY.” [TN: added closing
quotation mark]
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RIBROAST, to beat till the ribs are sore. [TN: was a comma]
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“Rip! well, he was an old RIP, and no mistake.” [TN: added closing
quotation mark]
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“ROUGHING IT _in the Bush_” [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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or SALOP, a greasy [TN: deleted extraneous comma]
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NOVE SOLDI. [TN: added period]
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is supposed to be analogous [TN: was "analagous"]
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Tops are out; SMUGGING about.” [TN: single quote changed to double]
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“a rum START,” [TN: added opening quotation mark]
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“to get the START of a person,” to anticipate [TN: deleted extraneous
comma]
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“to TAKE THE FIELD,” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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swim in twentie of their boats over the river UPON TICKET.” [TN:
added closing quotation mark]
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TWIST, appetite; “Will’s got a capital TWIST. [TN: was a comma]
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TWOPENNY, the head; “tuck in your TWOPENNY, [TN: was a period]
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hornpipes in fetters, _à la_ Jack Sheppard, [TN: was a period]
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WALK-THE-BARBER, [TN: added comma]
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WALL-FLOWER, [TN: added comma]
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this word from an ancestor of the Earl of Portsmouth, [TN: added
comma]
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Generally used to express anything dishonestly taken. [TN: added
period]
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“_Jack made a_ DOOGHENO HIT _this morning_,” [TN: added opening
quotation mark]
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BAILEY’S (Nath.) Etymological English Dictionary, 2 vols, 8vo. [TN:
added period]
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Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, 8vo. 178— [TN: final
number missing; em dash added]
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(prefixed to Holinshed’s Chronicle) [TN: added closing parenthesis]
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—SOUTH. [TN: added em dash]
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‘Sam Slick’ [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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many wonderful stories are told.” [TN: added closing quotation mark]
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other sources, hitherto unexplored. [TN: added period]
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one of the Maids of Honour to the Princess Lamballe, &c. [TN: added
period]
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The Marchioness Broglio [TN: was "Broglia"]