Show vocabulary OL claing tho singular Langu language ago with which Though ta aro Conc concealed caled origin of somo some how tile flights and crooks talk taik thousand words wora 4 mid and in tile dialect slang always lias has been more or loss less valent but never move more so perhaps than now every trade it profession and taif business I 1 4 lias has its an vocabulary of slang thoro there a aro newspapers pers th b t indulge in ill it to nn ali extra 0 i din ary extent and it is oven evell hoard occasionally sio nally in ill tile pulpit tho stage is very prolific pro lilic of slang ind many of tile expressions that into common use arc lipfird from bolund behind tho the footlights Thero aro arc many kinds ot of slang shing otio ono includes expressions pres of american americ ill ori origin gill li in this class uro are found such phrases its as in ill the soup alo collios Nol flies lios oil onus us you yon inako mo ine weary and WellI should smile 11 many of tho alio common words and phrases used on oil tho the streets bild even evell in society como come t roin alio vocabulary of rogues W and thieves tile the fraternity of ro rogues ties havo a jargon of their thel own rown but tin older and moat experienced knaves never uso lise it they aro are too smart for eliat the bank burglar n tho the skillful former forger the confidence man mail tho the housebreaker brcak ot aro anre gen crolly well ivell educated coot cool and calculating 0 bland and suave their good deportment is stock in trade they know that to uso use an uncommon dialect would throw suspicion on them thein and it is only when they wish to communicate with each other that tho the words in ill their strange o vocabulary aro are used first class deace detectives tives too while they aro are faini familiar liar with this langu language ago never uso use slang in public it is tile rounder tho the saloon loafer potty thief and small criminal wiio who makes tho the greatest display of slang wisdom tho the detective detec tivo who seldom catches any thing of thana than a cold eold isalio is also very fond of indulging 0 to an alarming extent in slang A few extracts from the rogues unwritten dictionary may boor bo of interest says the indianapolis news A night tillight worker is a house b breaker make 1 ono one who climbs into it a window second story wo worker ricer 21 A gopher I 1 is a safe blower A cracksman is ono one who opens a safo safe with the most improved tools an artist in tho the robbing as it A pickpocket is a wire 11 a dip or a tool if lie ho picks mens pockets ho he is a blaho buzzer or knuck if lie ho robs a woman a moll gomoll buzzer if ho he his trade on tile tho streetcars or in in a crowded place a car buzzer orl rit stealing baling handkerchiefs Is sneaking wipes tho the highwaymen who uses force to rob his victim or lights fights 0 tho the officer is a strong arm man Bloke 15 7 is man moll is io woman kid lloid a male person under twenty years A stall is a well dressed man who diverts attention while tile tho thief does his work dvork papa is tho the man inan who furnishes ball bail for arrested crooks birc lawyers for thorn them and aids thorn chont as much as bocan without getting into the meshes of the law himself A plant is hidden plunder springing or hashing flashing tile the plant is to bring out tile alio plunder af after ter tho the officers havo have abandoned tho the search for it tile tho fen fecco coll is tho the man who disposes of tho the stolen goods a la farrin fagin in oliver ver twist cady is a hat and to tip tile tho cady is to jani jam tile tho victims hat over his eyes that tio lie may bo be robbed easier A 11 crush is tho the man who creates a disturbance in a crowd sombat BO that his friends will li vo ve a bettor better chance to pick pockets unmolested A mob is four or more thieves working together A guy soft mark 1111 Rc ubon cuben jason etc is a n countryman unus unused ed to city life stag his nibs means lhoir at nim mm gratt gealt is stealing evening graft is robbery iu in tho the evening tho the gun lookout look out piper is the man who stands guard whilo while his companion is robbing a store or blowing a safe piping oft off a lay is selecting a a house to bo be robbed piping oft off is watch ing a suspicious character shadowing is following n a person tho the snipe peddles goods fo for r a game or to get into a house to secure information for the gang that intends to rob it stiff has a variety of meanings mea a forged order a fictitious check a dead body cadaver also or a forged letter it moans means also a ridiculous or exaggerated statement givone giving tho the office fice a low whistle vh istle cough or any sound to put a thieron thief on his guard A mark a 8 a rn man in who appears to have plenty of money I 1 rod red or yellow super Is a gold watch super and slung slang watch and ana chain chaill I touched micheLl means robbed thus ile ho touched nia mo for my ny ellow super dorand and slang and pinched my spark 1 11 sa ile ho robbed me ine of my gold watch and alid chain and extracted my illy diamond pin 11 to ring 0 it a super is to take it a watch rind and leave tile chain by twisting tile tho ring eliat fastens tile tho watch to tile tho chain sugar Idil dust idilsy st dough wad 11 roll roil scads stuff etc aro are a few terms for r money loney 1 A case is a paper dollar it a century one hundred dollars a cartwheel silver lollar dollar yellow boys gold 11 queer lucer is counterfeit money A coni ackor makes tile spurious coin a boodle carrier delivers it a cutler clit cl it r 4 I 1 passes it tho 0 plans the robberies 41 rattler tattler is a train of ears cars df 11 feket railroad ticket all tip railroad onico giveaway a newspaper scra for a giveaway lv a reporter pi prod od is a horse drag 7 Is ia a wagon i nipped tipped 11 arrested blue bottle 41 copper peeler policeman gooseberry law signifies low or little work doing time is serving sentence stretch is ton years six lunas alunas or six moons slI is six months 41 cooler ll 11 4 quod little blittle st err I 1 jail or station lioi iso grand tarr states prison tally is a trial settled is convicted arid and sentenced to prison mouthpiece mouth piece is a lawyer aldwyer beak a juao switch or squealer iyono ono who turns turn states evidence jug is a bank aqif jigger 9 ger is a door glim a light at sloughed imprisoned 11 jerves is an outside outside pocket Ift ment an all inside vest pocket packet over beai 11 an overcoat bannio 1 a coat stamps shoes sneaks rubbers or shoos shoes with felt soles it is said that the thieves of this count country ry havo have nearly three th thousand oviand words and expressions pres pi they use but the few given hero here is a fair sample of t licin hem how many can bo be heard spoken every day by many of our young people I 1 |