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 CUSTERMONGERS,
AND THE PATTERERS.

"Rabble-charming words, which carry so much wild-fire wrapt up in them."-Sourn

SECOND EDITION,,

Revised, WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS.

LONDON:

JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY.

1860.

THE First Edition of this work had a rapid sale, and
within a few weeks after it was published the entire
issue passed from the publisher's shelves into the hands.
of the public. A Second Edition, although urgently
called for, was not immediately attempted. The First
had been found incomplete and faulty in many respects,
and the author determined to thoroughly revise and
recast before again going to press. The present edition,
therefore, will be found much more complete than
the First; indeed, I may say that it has been
tirely rewritten, and that, whereas the First contained
but 3,000 words, this gives nearly 5,000, with a mass
of fresh illustrations, and extended articles on the
more important slang terms-HUMBUG, for instance.
The notices of a Lingua Franca element in the lan-
guage of London vagabonds is peculiar to this edition.

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My best thanks are due to several correspondents for valuable hints and suggestions as to the probable etymologies of various colloquial expressions.

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