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Chapter 8 - Criminal Slang: A Five Points Glossary
![]() ![]() ![]() ANGLERS: Thieves who place a hook on the end of a stick, with which they steal
![]() AUTUMN DIVERS: Pickpockets who work in churches
![]() BLUDGET: A female thief who lures her victims into dark alleys to rob them
![]() BOARDING SCHOOL: Penitentiary
![]() CRUSHER: Policeman
![]() DANCING: Sneaking upstairs to commit a larceny
![]() GANDER: A married man not living at home with his wife
![]() GROANERS: Thieves who attend charity sermons and then rob the congregation
![]() HIGH TIDE: A lot of money
![]() LACED MUTTON: A common woman
![]() PARTIAL: Putting one’s hand in another man’s pocket
![]() POLISHER: A man in prison
![]() QUEEN DICK: It never happened
![]() ROUGHS: Men ready to fight in any way or shape
![]() SAND: Nerve, guts
![]() STAG: One who has turned State’s evidence
![]() STAR-GAZER: Prostitute or streetwalker
![]() STEPPING KEN: A dance house
![]() SWAG: Plunder
![]() WOODEN COAT: A coffin
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