Vocabulary of the Flash Language

Vocabulary of the Flash Language

Slang used by convicts deported to Australia in the early 1800s

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JACK . a post-chaise. JACK-BOY . a postillion. JACKET . to jacket a person, or clap a jacket on him, is nearly synonymous with bridging him. See BRIDGE. But this term is more properly applied to removing a man by underhand and vile means from any birth or situation he enjoys, commonly with a view to supplant him; therefore, when a person, is supposed to have fallen a victim to such infamous machinations, it is said to have been a jacketing concern. JACOB . a ladder; a simple half-witted person. JASEY . a wig. JEMMY, or JAMES . an iron-crow. JERRY . a fog or mist. JERVIS . a coachman. JERVIS'S UPPER BENJAMIN . a box, or coachman's great coat. JIGGER . a door.

Old English 'word lottery' pick Accurately : adv. In an accurate manner; exactly; precisely; without error or defect.

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Slang used by convicts deported to Australia in the early 1800s