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83 relations: A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words, Albert Chevalier, Alec Hurley, Alexander Barclay, Anthony Cardon, Apple, Arabber, Arthur Lloyd (musician), Augustus Edwin Mulready, Back slang, Bell-bottoms, Ben Jonson, Bessie Bellwood, Betty May, Brass, Cart, Charles Booth (social reformer), Christopher Marlowe, Cockney, Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, Common ostrich, Corduroy, Dress code, Duckworth Overlook, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman, Francis Beaumont, Francis Wheatley (painter), G. K. Chesterton, Gale (publisher), George Gissing, Gus Elen, Hawker (trade), Henry Croft, Henry Mayhew, Huckster, Industrial Revolution, James Greenwood (journalist), John Camden Hotten, John Fletcher (playwright), John Lydgate, John Thomson (photographer), Lambeth, Life and Labour of the People in London, Limehouse, London Labour and the London Poor, Louise Moillon, Marcellus Laroon, Marie Lloyd, Marketplace, Merchant, ..., Michael Quinion, Music hall, Nacre, Navvy, Neckerchief, Old Billingsgate Market, Old Spitalfields Market, Paul Sandby, Pearly Kings and Queens, Peddler, Product (business), R. P. Weston, Retail, Rhyming slang, Samuel Johnson, Shawl, Silk, Smithfield, London, Street cries, Street food, Swaggering, The Cut, London, The Forsyte Saga, The Scornful Lady, The Sun's Darling, Thistle, Victorian era, Vigilante, Waistcoat, Wheelbarrow, William Shakespeare, Workers in the Dawn, Yes! We Have No Bananas. Expand index (33 more) »
A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant, and Vulgar Words
A Dictionary of Modern Slang, Cant and Vulgar Words is a dictionary of slang originally compiled by publisher and lexicographer John Camden Hotten in 1859.
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Albert Chevalier
Albert Chevalier born Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier; (21 March 186110 July 1923), was an English music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor.
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Alec Hurley
Alexander "Alec" Hurley (24 March 1871 – 6 December 1913) was an English music hall singer who was perhaps best known for being Marie Lloyd's second husband.
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Alexander Barclay
Dr Alexander Barclay (c. 1476 – 10 June 1552) was an English/Scottish poet.
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Anthony Cardon
Anthony Cardon (1772–1813) was a Flemish engraver in chalk or stipple, who made his career in England and became noted for his engravings and book illustrations.
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Apple
An apple is a sweet, edible fruit produced by an apple tree (Malus pumila).
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Arabber
An arabber (or a-rabber) is a street vendor (hawker) selling fruits and vegetables from a colorful, horse-drawn cart.
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Arthur Lloyd (musician)
Arthur Lloyd (14 May 1839 – 20 July 1904) was a Scottish singer, songwriter, comedian and impresario.
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Augustus Edwin Mulready
Augustus Edwin Mulready (23 Feb 1844 – 15 March 1904) was an English genre painter whose work often depicted London street scenes with urchins and flower-sellers.
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Back slang
Back slang is an English coded language in which the written word is spoken phonemically backwards.
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Bell-bottoms
Bell-bottoms (or flares) are a style of trousers that become wider from the knees downward, forming a bell-like shape of the trouser leg.
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Ben Jonson
Benjamin Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – 6 August 1637) was an English playwright, poet, actor, and literary critic, whose artistry exerted a lasting impact upon English poetry and stage comedy.
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Bessie Bellwood
Bessie Bellwood (born Catherine Mahoney; 30 March 1856 – 24 September 1896) was a popular music hall performer of the Victorian era noted for her singing of 'Coster' songs, including "What Cheer Ria." Her on stage persona was that of an abrasive but loveable character with an ability to argue down even the toughest of hecklers.
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Betty May
Betty May (born Betty Marlow Golding 1893, died after 1955) was a British singer, dancer, and model, who worked primarily in London's West End.
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Brass
Brass is a metallic alloy that is made of copper and zinc.
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Cart
A cart is a vehicle designed for transport, using two wheels and normally pulled by one or a pair of draught animals.
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Charles Booth (social reformer)
Charles James Booth (30 March 1840 – 24 November 1916) was an English social researcher and reformer known for his innovative work in documenting working class life in London at the end of the 19th century.
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Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe, also known as Kit Marlowe (baptised 26 February 156430 May 1593), was an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era.
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Cockney
The term cockney has had several distinct geographical, social, and linguistic associations.
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Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis
The Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis is the head of London's Metropolitan Police Service.
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Common ostrich
The ostrich or common ostrich (Struthio camelus) is either of two species of large flightless birds native to Africa, the only living member(s) of the genus Struthio, which is in the ratite family.
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Corduroy
Corduroy is a textile with a distinct pattern, a "cord" or wale.
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Dress code
A dress code is a set of written and, more often, unwritten rules with regard to clothing.
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Duckworth Overlook
Duckworth Overlook, originally Gerald Duckworth and Company, founded in 1898 by Gerald Duckworth, is an independent British publisher.
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Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
Epicœne, or The Silent Woman, also known as Epicene, is a comedy by Renaissance playwright Ben Jonson.
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Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont (1584 – 6 March 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher.
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Francis Wheatley (painter)
Francis Wheatley RA (London 1747 – 28 June 1801) was an English portrait and landscape painter.
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G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton, KC*SG (29 May 1874 – 14 June 1936), was an English writer, poet, philosopher, dramatist, journalist, orator, lay theologian, biographer, and literary and art critic.
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Gale (publisher)
Gale is an educational publishing company based in Farmington Hills, Michigan, in the western suburbs of Detroit.
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George Gissing
George Robert Gissing (22 November 1857 – 28 December 1903) was an English novelist who published 23 novels between 1880 and 1903.
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Gus Elen
Ernest Augustus Elen (22 July 1862 – 17 February 1940) was an English music hall singer and comedian.
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Hawker (trade)
A hawker is a vendor of merchandise that can be easily transported; the term is roughly synonymous with peddler or costermonger.
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Henry Croft
Henry Croft (January 15, 1856 – July 28, 1917) was an Australian-born lumber and mining magnate on Vancouver Island in the early 1900s.
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Henry Mayhew
Henry Mayhew (25 November 1812 – 25 July 1887) was an English social researcher, journalist, playwright and advocate of reform.
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Huckster
The term huckster describes a person who sells something or serves biased interests, using pushy or showy tactics.
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Industrial Revolution
The Industrial Revolution was the transition to new manufacturing processes in the period from about 1760 to sometime between 1820 and 1840.
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James Greenwood (journalist)
James Greenwood (1832–1929) was a British social explorer, journalist and writer who published a series of articles which drew attention to the plight of London's working poor.
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John Camden Hotten
John Camden Hotten (12 September 1832, Clerkenwell – 14 June 1873, Hampstead) was an English bibliophile and publisher.
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John Fletcher (playwright)
John Fletcher (1579–1625) was a Jacobean playwright.
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John Lydgate
John Lydgate of Bury (c. 1370 – c. 1451) was a monk and poet, born in Lidgate, near Haverhill, Suffolk, England.
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John Thomson (photographer)
John Thomson (14 June 1837 – 29 September 1921) was a pioneering Scottish photographer, geographer, and traveller.
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Lambeth
Lambeth is a district in Central London, England, in the London Borough of Lambeth.
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Life and Labour of the People in London
Life and Labour of the People in London was a multi-volume book by Charles Booth which provided a survey of the lives and occupations of the working class of late 19th century London.
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Limehouse
Limehouse is a district in east London, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets.
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London Labour and the London Poor
London Labour and the London Poor is a work of Victorian journalism by Henry Mayhew.
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Louise Moillon
Louise Moillon (1610–1696) was a French painter in the Baroque era.
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Marcellus Laroon
Marcellus Laroon or Lauron, the elder (1653–1702) was a Dutch-born painter and engraver, active in England.
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Marie Lloyd
Matilda Alice Victoria Wood (12 February 1870 – 7 October 1922), professionally known as Marie Lloyd; was an English music hall singer, comedian and musical theatre actress.
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Marketplace
A market, or marketplace, is a location where people regularly gather for the purchase and sale of provisions, livestock, and other goods.
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Merchant
A merchant is a person who trades in commodities produced by other people.
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Michael Quinion
Michael Quinion (born c. 1943) is a British etymologist and writer.
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Music hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was popular from the early Victorian era circa 1850 and lasting until 1960.
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Nacre
Nacre (also), also known as mother of pearl, is an organic-inorganic composite material produced by some molluscs as an inner shell layer; it also makes up the outer coating of pearls.
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Navvy
Navvy, a shorter form of navigator (UK) or navigational engineer (US), is particularly applied to describe the manual labourers working on major civil engineering projects and occasionally (in North America) to refer to mechanical shovels and earth moving machinery.
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Neckerchief
A neckerchief, (from neck (n.) + kerchief) sometimes called a necker, kerchief or scarf is a type of neckwear associated with those working or living outdoors, including farm labourers, cowboys and sailors.
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Old Billingsgate Market
Old Billingsgate Market is the name given to what is now a hospitality and events venue in the City of London, based in the Victorian building that was originally Billingsgate Fish Market, the world's largest fish market in the 19th century.
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Old Spitalfields Market
Old Spitalfields Market is a covered market in Spitalfields, London.
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Paul Sandby
Paul Sandby (1731 – 9 November 1809) was an English map-maker turned landscape painter in watercolours, who, along with his older brother Thomas, became one of the founding members of the Royal Academy in 1768.
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Pearly Kings and Queens
Pearly Kings and Queens, known as pearlies, are an organised charitable tradition of working class culture in London, England.
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Peddler
A peddler, in British English pedlar, also known as a canvasser, chapman, cheapjack, hawker, higler, huckster, monger, or solicitor, is a traveling vendor of goods.
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Product (business)
In marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a market that might satisfy a want or need.
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R. P. Weston
Robert Patrick Weston (1878 – 6 November 1936) was an English songwriter.
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Retail
Retail is the process of selling consumer goods or services to customers through multiple channels of distribution to earn a profit.
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Rhyming slang
Rhyming slang is a form of slang word construction in the English language that uses rhyme.
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Samuel Johnson
Samuel Johnson LL.D. (18 September 1709 – 13 December 1784), often referred to as Dr.
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Shawl
A shawl (from lang-Urdu شال shāl, which may be from दुशाला duśālā, ultimately from Sanskrit: शाटी śāṭī) is a simple item of clothing, loosely worn over the shoulders, upper body and arms, and sometimes also over the head.
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Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles.
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Smithfield, London
Smithfield is a locality in the ward of Farringdon Without situated at the City of London's northwest in central London, England.
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Street cries
Street Cries are the short lyrical calls of merchants hawking their products and services in open-air markets.
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Street food
Street food is ready-to-eat food or drink sold by a hawker, or vendor, in a street or other public place, such as at a market or fair.
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Swaggering
Swaggering is an ostentatious style of walking affected by men wishing to assert their dominance.
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The Cut, London
The Cut (formerly New Cut) is a street in London which runs between Waterloo Road in Lambeth and Blackfriars Road in Southwark.
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The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga, first published under that title in 1922, is a series of three novels and two interludes published between 1906 and 1921 by Nobel Prize–winning English author John Galsworthy.
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The Scornful Lady
The Scornful Lady is a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher, and first published in 1616, the year of Beaumont's death.
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The Sun's Darling
The Sun's Darling is a masque, or masque-like play, written by John Ford and Thomas Dekker, and first published in 1656.
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Thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae.
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Victorian era
In the history of the United Kingdom, the Victorian era was the period of Queen Victoria's reign, from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901.
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Vigilante
A vigilante is a civilian or organization acting in a law enforcement capacity (or in the pursuit of self-perceived justice) without legal authority.
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Waistcoat
A waistcoat (or; often called a vest in American English, and colloquially a weskit) is a sleeveless upper-body garment.
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Wheelbarrow
A wheelbarrow is a small hand-propelled vehicle, usually with just one wheel, designed to be pushed and guided by a single person using two handles at the rear, or by a sail to push the ancient wheelbarrow by wind.
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.
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Workers in the Dawn
Workers in the Dawn is a novel by George Gissing, which was originally published in three volumes in 1880.
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Yes! We Have No Bananas
"Yes! We Have No Bananas" is a novelty song by Frank Silver and Irving Cohn published July 19, 1923.
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