Transcriber’s Note: Archaic spellings have been retained; obviouserrors of spelling and punctuation have been corrected.
The original order of the entries in the Flash Dictionary has beenpreserved.
A table of contentshas been added for the reader’s convenience.
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, Snoozing Kens
Depicted, the Common Lodging-house
Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of
Dice, the Gaming Table,
etc.
EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.
London:
PUBLISHED BY J. DUNCOMBE.
1848.
Pubd March 22d. 1822 by G.Humphrey 27 St. James’s St. London. G. Cruikshank fect.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c.
CHAPTER II. ST. GILES’S—THE CADGER’S HEAD-QUARTERS.
CHAPTER III. THE CADGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER IV. A BEGGAR’S REPAST.
CHAPTER V. AN EVENING MEAL—A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN.
CHAPTER VI. A QUIET SCENE.
CHAPTER VII. A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GAMING TABLE.
CHAPTER IX. AN UNDER-DEPUTY.
CHAPTER X. THE RETURN;—AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN.
CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE WEEK.
CHAPTER XII. ONE NOISE SUBSTITUTED FOR ANOTHER.—THE CLAMOURS OF STRIFE
EXCHANGED FOR THE SONGS OF PEACE.
CHAPTER XIII. THE CLOSE OF THE NIGHT.
FLASH DICTIONARY.
THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES.
THE
Dens of London
EXPOSED.
CHAPTER I.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c.
These two subjects are, perhaps now the only ones remaining, in whatis termed the “walks of life,” of which a correct description has notyet been given. All the old topics, such as the beauties of thecountry, and the ancient stories of love and heroism, which haveafforded s