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Chapter 8 - Criminal Slang: A Five Points Glossary
With definitions from The Rogue’s Lexicon by George Matsell, 1859.
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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