VULGAR WORDS, USED AT THE PRESENT DAY IN THE STREETS OF LONDON; THE UNIVERSITIES OF OXFORD PRECEDED BY A HISTORY OF CANT AND VULGAR LANGUAGE; WITH GLOSSARIES OF TWO SECRET LANGUAGES, SPOKEN BY THE WANDERING TRIBES OF LONDON, THE CUSTERMONGERS, "Rabble-charming words, which carry so much wild-fire wrapt up in them."-Sourn SECOND EDITION,, Revised, WITH TWO THOUSAND ADDITIONAL WORDS. LONDON: JOHN CAMDEN HOTTEN, PICCADILLY. 1860. THE First Edition of this work had a rapid sale, and en My best thanks are due to several correspondents for valuable hints and suggestions as to the probable etymologies of various colloquial expressions. One literary journal of high repute recommended a |