| Gladdher | Ring the changes (cheat in change). |
“No minkler would have a bewr who couldn’t gladdher.”
| Reesbin | Prison. |
| Tré-moon | Three months, a ‘drag.’ |
| Rauniel, Runniel | Beer. |
| Max | Spirits (slang). |
| Chiv | Knife. (Romany, a pointed knife, i.e. tongue.) |
| Thari | To speak or tell. |
“I tharied the soobri I sonnied him.” (I told the man I saw him.)
Mushgraw.
Our informant did not know whether this word, of Romany origin, meant, in Shelta, policeman or magistrate.
| Scri, scree | To write. |
Our informant suggested scribe as the origin of this word.
| Reader | A writ. |
“You’re readered soobri.” (You are put in the “Police Gazette,” friend.)