PARLIAMENTARY SLANG 60 MILITARY AND DANDY SLANG 62 UNIVERSITY SLANG 64 RELIGIOUS SLANG 66 LEGAL SLANG, or Slang amongst the Lawyers 70 LITERARY SLANG, _Punch_ on “Slang and Sanscrit” 71 THEATRICAL SLANG, or Slang both before and behind the curtain 75 CIVIC SLANG 77 SLANG TERMS FOR MONEY—Her Majesty’s coin is insulted by one hundred and thirty distinct Slang terms—Old Slang terms for money—The classical origin of Slang money terms—The terms used by the Ancient Romans vulgarisms in the Nineteenth Century 78–82 SHOPKEEPERS’ SLANG 82 WORKMEN’S SLANG, or Slang in the workshop—Many Slang terms for money derived from operatives 83 SLANG APOLOGIES FOR OATHS, or sham exclamations for passion and temper—Slang swearing 85 SLANG TERMS FOR DRUNKENNESS, and the graduated scale of fuddlement and intoxication 86 DICTIONARY OF MODERN SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR WORDS; _many with their etymologies traced, together with illustrations, and references to authorities_ 89–249 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BACK SLANG, the secret language of Costermongers—The principle of the Back Slang—Boys and girls soon acquire it—The Back Slang unknown to the Police—Costermongers’ terms for money—Arithmetic amongst the Costermongers 251–255 GLOSSARY OF BACK SLANG 257–262 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE RHYMING SLANG, the secret language of Chaunters and Patterers—The origin of the Rhyming Slang—Spoken principally by Vagabond Poets, Patterers, and Cheap Jacks—Patterers “well up” in Street Slang—Curious Slang Letter from a Chaunter 263–268 GLOSSARY OF THE RHYMING SLANG 269–273 THE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF SLANG, CANT, AND VULGAR LANGUAGE, or a list of the books which have been consulted in the compilation of this work, comprising nearly every known treatise upon the subject 275–290 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS 291 Opinions of the Press upon the First Edition of this work—List of New Publications, &c. 293–300 THE HISTORY OF CANT, OR, THE SECRET LANGUAGE OF VAGABONDS. CANT and SLANG are universal and world-wide.