  | THE HISTORY OF CANT, OR THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF VAGABONDS. | | PAGE | | Black and Coloured Vagabonds—Vagabonds all over Europe—Vagabonds Universal | 1–5 | | Etymology of Cant—Cant used in old times—Difference between Cant and Slang | 5–7 | | The Gipseys—Gipseys taught English Vagabonds—The Gipsey-Vagabond alliance—The Origin of Cant—Vulgar words from the Gipsey—Gipsey element in the English language—The poet Moore on the origin of Cant—Borrow on the Gipsey language—The inventor of Canting not hanged | 7–15 | | Old Cant words still used—Old Cant words with modern meanings—The words “Rum” and “Queer” explained—Old Cant words entirely obsolete | 16–19 | | The Oldest “Rogue’s Dictionary” | 20–26 | | “Jaw-breakers,” or hard words, used as Cant—Were Highwaymen educated men?—Vagabonds used Foreign words as Cant—The Lingua Franca, or Bastard Italian—Cant derived from Jews and Showmen—Classic words used as English Cant—Old English words used as Cant—Old English words not fashionable now—Our old Authors very vulgar persons—Was Shakespere a pugilist?—Old Dramatists used Cant words—Curious systems of Cant | 26–35 | | ACCOUNT OF THE HIEROGLYPHICS USED BY VAGABONDS. | | Mendicant Freemasonry—Hieroglyphics of Vagabonds—Maps used by Beggars—Account of a Cadger’s Map—Explanation of the Hieroglyphics—Did the Gipseys invent them?—The Murderer’s Signal on the Gallows | 36–43 | | THE HISTORY OF SLANG, OR THE VULGAR LANGUAGE OF FAST LIFE. | | Slang at Babylon and Nineveh—Old English Slang—Slang in the time of Cromwell; and in the Court of Charles II.—Swift and Arbuthnot fond of Slang—The origin of “Cabbage”—“The Real Simon Pure”—Tom Brown and Ned Ward—Did Dr. Johnson compile a Slang Dictionary?—John Bee’s absurd etymology of Slang—The true origin of the term—Derived from the Gipseys—Burns and his fat friend, Grose—Slang used by all classes, High and Low—Slang in Parliament, and amongst our friends—New words not so reprehensible as old words burdened with strange meanings—The poor Foreigner’s perplexity—Long and windy Slang words—Vulgar corruptions | 44–55 | | Fashionable Slang | 58 | | Parliamentary Slang | 60 | | Military and Dandy Slang | 62 | | University Slang | 64 | | Religious Slang | 66 | | Legal Slang, or Slang amongst the Lawyers | 70 | | Literary Slang, Punch on “Slang and Sanscrit” | 71 | | Theatrical Slang, or Slang both before and behind the curtain | 75 | | Civic Slang | 77 | | Slang Terms for Money—Her Majesty’s coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms—Old Slang terms for money—The classical origin of Slang money terms—The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century | 78–82 | | Shopkeepers’ Slang | 82 | | Workmen’s Slang, or Slang in the workshop—Many Slang terms for money derived from operatives | 83 | | Slang Apologies for Oaths, or sham exclamations for passion and temper—Slang swearing | 85 | | Slang Terms for Drunkenness, and the graduated scale of fuddlement and intoxication | 86 | | DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS; many with their etymologies traced, together with illustrations, and references to authorities | 89–249 | | Some Account of the Back Slang, the secret language of Costermongers—The principle of the Back Slang—Boys and girls soon acquire it—The Back Slang unknown to the Police—Costermongers’ terms for money—Arithmetic amongst the Costermongers | 251–255 | |   |
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