A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and 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.

by John Camden Hotten

Contains a list of cant words, evidently copied from Decker.

HELL UPON EARTH, or the most pleasant and delectable History of Whittington’s Colledge, otherwise vulgarly called Newgate, 12mo.

1703

HENLEY’S (John, better known as ORATOR HENLEY) Various Sermons and Orations.

1719–53

Contain numerous vulgarisms and slang phrases.

[HITCHING’S (Charles, formerly City Marshal, now a Prisoner in Newgate)] Regulator; or, a Discovery of the Thieves, Thief-Takers, and Locks, alias Receivers of Stolen Goods in and about the City of London, also an Account of all the FLASH WORDS now in vogue amongst the Thieves, &c., 8vo., VERY RARE, with a curious woodcut.

1718

A violent attack upon Jonathan Wild.

HOUSEHOLD WORDS, No. 183, September 24.