The slang dictionary

by John Camden Hotten

Dictionary of all the Cant and Flash Languages, both Ancient and Modern, 18mo. Bailey, 1790.

Dictionary of all the Cant and Flash Languages, 12mo. London, 1797.

Dictionary of the Canting Crew (Ancient and Modern), of Gypsies, Beggars, Thieves, &c., 12mo. N. D. [1700.]

Dictionnaire des Halle, 12mo. Bruxelles, 1696.

This curious Slang dictionary sold in the Stanley sale for £4 16s.

Ducange Anglicus.—The Vulgar Tongue: comprising Two Glossaries of Slang, Cant, and Flash Words and Phrases used in London at the present day, 12mo. 1857.

A silly and childish performance, full of blunders and contradictions.

Duncombe’s Flash Dictionary of the Cant Words, Queer Sayings, and Crack Terms now in use in Flash Cribb Society, 32mo, coloured print. 1820.

Dunton’s Ladies’ Dictionary, 8vo. London, 1694.