An edition of A dictionary of modern slang, cant, and vulgar words (1859)

A dictionary of modern 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. Preceded by a history of cant and vulgar language; with glossaries of two secret languages, spoken by the wandering tribes of London, the costermongers, and the patterers.

By John Camden Hotten