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A Dictionary of Slang, Cant

by John Camden Hotten

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  1. 1Epigraph — Preface to the Second Edition
  2. 2Preface to the First Edition
  3. 3The History of Cant, or, the Secret Language of Vagabonds
  4. 4Account of the Hieroglyphics Used by Vagabonds
  5. 5The History of Slang, or the Vulgar Language of Fast Life
  6. 6A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, & Vulgar Words; Many With Their…
  7. 7Some Account of the Back Slang, the Secret Language of Costermongers
  8. 8Glossary of the Back Slang
  9. 9Some Account of the Rhyming Slang, the Secret Language of Chaunters…
  10. 10Glossary of the Rhyming Slang
  11. 11The Bibliography of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Language
  12. 12List of Abbreviations, &c.

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