A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.

Name: A Dictionary of Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words: Used at the Present Day in the Streets of London; the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge; the Houses of Parliament; the Dens of St. Giles; and the Palaces of St. James.
Author: John Camden Hotten

John Camden Hotten · 1873

◠+ STOP,—if you have what they want, they will buy. They are pretty “_fly_” (knowing). ◇ _BONE_ (good). Safe for a “cold tatur,” if for nothing else. “_Cheese your patter_” (don’t talk much) here.…

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