Slang, like everything else, changes much in the naturally of meter and though but fifteen years have elapsed since this Dictionary was inaugural introduced to the populace, alterations have since then been many and patronize in the subject of which it treats. Reading: The Slang Dictionary, by John Camden Hotten–The Project Gutenberg eBook THE Mind the dog.įlummuxed (dangerous), sure of a month in “ quod,” prison. Gammy (unfavourable), likely to have you taken up. “ Cheese your patter” (don’t talk much) here.Ĭooper’d (spoilt) by too many tramps calling there. Safe for a “cold tatur,” if for nothing else. Go in this direction, it is better than the other road. Stop,-if you have what they want, they will buy. Transcriber ’ sulfur notice : The cover image was produced by the translator using a modified example from the book, and is placed into the public domain.
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