February 2012
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PROJECT GUTENBERG'S 1811 DICTIONARY OF THE VULGAR... →
criminalwisdom:
A dictionary of buckish slang, university wit, and pickpocket eloquence.
ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS. Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
BUNTER. A low dirty prostitute, half whore and half beggar.
FIRE PRIGGERS. Villains who rob at fires under pretence of assisting in removing the goods.
GAP STOPPER. A whoremaster.
JARKMEN....
“I’ve come to hate my own creation! Now I know how God feels.”
– Homer Simpson (via nevver)
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