THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES
From: 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 De- picted, 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 ======================================================== THE SIXTY ORDER OF PRIME COVES 1. Rum-bubbers 2. Coves 3. Groaners 4. Duffers 5. Out-and-outers 6, Coiners 7. Macers 8. Swigs men 9. Bully rocks 10. Lully priggers 11. Ginglers 12. Ken coves 13. Bully huffs 14. Starrers 15. Strollers 16. Mounters 17. Shop-lifters 18. Swadlers 19. Sweeteners 20. Clapper dogens 21. Cloak twitchers 22. Upright men 23. Dubs men 24. Forkers 25. Bullies s6. Autem men 27. Beau nappers 28. Badgers 29. Cadgers 30. Beau traps 31. Twirlers 32. Gammoners 33. Groaners 34. Fencers 35. Spicers 36. High topers 37. Footpads 38. Gamblers 39. Swindlers 40. Shoplifters 41. Sturdy beggars 42. Pad priggers 43. Money lenders 44. Ken crackers 45. Queer culls 46. Rushers 47. Fawney coves 48. Divers 49. Adam iglers 50. Knackers 51. Millers 52. Smashers 53. Filers 54. Gypsies 55. Buffers 56. Priggers 57. Rum padders 58. Gaggers 59. Dragsmen 60. Bloods _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
