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Title: The slang dictionary

Etymological, historical and anecdotal

Author: John Camden Hotten

Release date: February 16, 2013 [eBook #42108]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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Transcriber’s Note: The cover image was produced by the transcriber using a modified illustration from the book, and is placed into the public domain.

A CADGER’S MAP OF A BEGGING DISTRICT.

EXPLANATION OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS.
crossNo good; too poor, and know too much.
semicircle plus crossStop,—if you have what they want, they will buy. They are pretty “fly” (knowing).
forked branchGo in this direction, it is better than the other road. Nothing that way.
diamondBone (good). Safe for a “cold tatur,” if for nothing else. “Cheese your patter” (don’t talk much) here.
triangle pointing downCooper’d (spoilt) by too many tramps calling there.
squareGammy (unfavourable), likely to have you taken up. Mind the dog.
circle with dotFlummuxed (dangerous), sure of a month in “quod,” prison.
circle with crossReligious, but tidy on the whole.