SCOUNDREL’S DICTIONARY, or an explanation of Cannot Conditions employed by Theft, Housebreakers, Street-robbers, and Pickpockets on Town, which includes curious dissertations to your Art regarding Wheedling, &c., the whole printed out-of a duplicate adopted certainly one of their gang, in the later scuffle involving the watchmen and an event from them with the Clerkenwell eco-friendly, 8vo.
SMITH’S (Capt.) Compleat Reputation for the Existence and you can Burglaries of the very most Well known Highwaymen, Foot-shields, Shop-increases, and you will Hacks, from each other Sexes, when you look at the and you can on the London and you will Westminster, 12mo, vol. i.
STANLEYE’S Option, or perhaps the Ways ideas on how to Change Wandring Beggers, Thieves, an such like., in which is shewed that Sodomes Sin out-of Idlenes is the Impoverishment in addition to Agony of this Kingdome, 4to.
The fresh new Achievement Regarding Humor, or Ingenuity display’d with its Brilliance, as being the Latest and more than Of good use Academy, Musical, Art regarding Love, additionally the Mystery and you may Art regarding Canting, with Poems, Musical, &c
The newest Victory Away from Laughs, or the Canting Dictionary, being the Newest and most Helpful Academy, which includes new Puzzle and you will Artwork away from Canting, toward modern and present government thereof, as well as the concludes to which they caters to and that’s working, represented having Poems, Tunes, and various Intrigues throughout the Canting Vocabulary, towards the Grounds, &c., 12mo.
The whole Ways Out-of THIEVING and you can Defrauding Located: being an alert to all Housekeepers, Shopkeepers, Salesmen, and others, to guard up against Robbers off each other Sexes, together with finest Answers to prevent its Villanies; that is actually added a description of most of one’s cant terms and conditions on the Thieving Words, 8vo, pp. 46.
TOM CRIB’S Art gallery so you can Congress, which have a great Preface, Notes, and you may Appendix of the one of many Really love [Tom Moore, new poet], 12mo.
VACABONDES, The brand new Fraternatye regarding, as well of ruflyng Vacabones, by beggerly, of women since Guys, regarding Gyrles at the time of Boyes, due to their right Brands and you may Attributes, with a conclusion of your own Crafty Organization out-of Cousoners and you can Shifters, as well as the XXV. Instructions off Knaves; otherwyse named an excellent Quartern out of Knaves, affirmed by Cocke Lorell, 8vo. Printed within London by the John Awdeley, dwellyng when you look at the nothing Britayne streete as opposed to Aldersgate.
People say inside Ames’ Typog. Antiq., vol. ii., p. 885, one a release impact brand new day 1565 is in existence, and therefore this new compiler are no other than just dated John Audley, the latest printer ink, themselves. That it conjecture, although not, is really suspicious. As mentioned by Watt, it’s over likely it was published by Harman, or are obtained from his performs, during the MS. or printing.
VAUX’S (Amount de-, good swindler and you may a great pickpocket) Life, authored by himself, 2 vols., 12mo, that is added a great Canting Dictionary.
WEBSTER’S (Noah) Letter on Hon. John Pickering, about his Code, otherwise Line of Phrases and words allowed to be peculiar in order to the us, 8vo, pp. 69.
Wild (Jonathan) Reputation for the Life and you may Procedures off Jonathan Crazy, Thieftaker, Joseph Blake, alias Blue facial skin, Footpad, and you can John Sheppard, Housebreaker; also good Canting Dictionary by Jonathan Nuts , woodcuts, 12mo.
WITHERSPOON’S (Dr., regarding The united states) Essays into the Americanisms, Perversions off Words in the usa, Cant phrases, &c., 8vo., about fourth vol. from their Performs.
The earliest work on American vulgarisms. In the first place typed inside the a number of Essays, entitled brand new Druid, which appeared in a great periodical during the 1761.
Listing of ABBREVIATIONS, &c.
- A beneficial.N.-Anglo-Norman.
- Old, or Ancient English-Just in case such words are employed, it’s meant to denote your words that they was connected have been from inside the reputable include in otherwise earlier than the new rule from Age.-Look for Dated.
