A New Look at Old Words: Street Slang from the 1600s-1800s: A Writer's Categorized Guide

A writer's and word-lover's categorized guide to the slang of pirates, street-sellers, Gypsies, thieves and more. Now find the perfect slang word to spice up the language and dialog of your work in progress, or simply enjoy the colorful language of days gone by. Based on A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words written by John Camden Hotten in 1860.