Sinks of London laid open : a pocket companion for the uninitiated, to which is added a modern flash dictionary : containing all the cant words, slang terms, and flash phrases, now in vogue, with a list of the sixty orders of prime coves, the whole forming a true picture of London life, cadging made easy, the he-she man, doings of the modern Greeks, snooking kens depicted, the common lodging-house gallants, lessons to lovers of dice, the gaming table, etc.

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Sinks of London laid open : a pocket companion for the uninitiated, to which is added a modern flash dictionary : containing all the cant words, slang terms, and flash phrases, now in vogue, with a list of the sixty orders of prime coves, the whole forming a true picture of London life, cadging made easy, the he-she man, doings of the modern Greeks, snooking kens depicted, the common lodging-house gallants, lessons to lovers of dice, the gaming table, etc.

embellished with humorous illustrations by George Cruikshank

J. Duncombe, 1848

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The dens of London

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  • NCID
    BA71405265
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    131 p., [2] leaves of plates
  • Size
    19 cm
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