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Sinks of London laid open : a pocket companion for the uninitiated, to which is added a modern flash dictionary containing all the cant words, slang terms, and flash phrases now in vogue, with a list of the sixty orders of prime coves, the whole forming a true picture of London life, cadging made easy, the he-she man, doings of the modern Greeks, snooking kens depicted, the common lodging-house gallants, lessons to lovers of dice, the gaming table, etc. / embellished with humorous illustrations by George Cruikshank.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection DA688 .S5
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- London (England)--Social life and customs.
- London (England).
- London (England)--Description and travel--1801-1900.
- Cant.
- English language--Slang.
- English language.
- Penn Provenance:
- Fernberger, Samuel Weiller, 1887-1956 (bookplate) (Culture Class Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 131 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations (some folded, color) ; 19 cm
- Other Title:
- Dens of London exposed
- Dens of London
- Place of Publication:
- London : J. Duncombe, 1848.
- Notes:
- Publisher's advertisement p. [132].
- Local Notes:
- Culture Class Collection copy has brief catalog description pasted to the top of the free endpaper.
- Culture Class Collection copy has bookplate of Samuel Weiller Fernberger.
- OCLC:
- 5299059
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