“[…]save people from falling victim to criminals and their sneaky ways.”
Who could be meant by that? Surely not our crews, right? 😉
http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/thieves-cant-dictionaries-etymology
“[…]save people from falling victim to criminals and their sneaky ways.”
“[…]save people from falling victim to criminals and their sneaky ways.”
My favourite bit:
…the dictionary was “for the utility and profit of his natural country,” and rather than publishing the words for mere entertainment, he “thought it good, necessary, and my bounden duty, to acquaint your goodness with the abominable, wicked and detestable behavior of all these rowdy, ragged rabblement of rakehells.”