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Title: 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

Author: Unknown

Illustrator: George Cruikshank

Release Date: November 2, 2007 [EBook #23291]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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A table of contents has been added for the reader's convenience.]

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, Snoozing Kens Depicted,
the Common Lodging-house Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of Dice, the
Gaming Table, etc._

EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY

GEORGE CRUIKSHANK.

London:
PUBLISHED BY J. DUNCOMBE.

1848.

[Illustration: [handwritten caption] Pub'd March 22d 1822 by G.
Humphrey 27 St. James's St. London. G. Cruikshank fec't.]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER I. COMMON LODGING HOUSES, CADGERS, &c., &c.
CHAPTER II. ST. GILES'S--THE CADGER'S HEAD-QUARTERS.
CHAPTER III. THE CADGING HOUSE.
CHAPTER IV. A BEGGAR'S REPAST.
CHAPTER V. AN EVENING MEAL--A FEAST FOR AN ALDERMAN.
CHAPTER VI. A QUIET SCENE.
CHAPTER VII. A LITTLE LITERARY CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER VIII. THE GAMING TABLE.
CHAPTER IX. AN UNDER-DEPUTY.
CHAPTER X. THE RETURN;--AND A LITTLE UNKNOWN.
CHAPTER XI. THE LIFE OF LOW LIFE; OR THE GLORIOUS FINISH OF THE