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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MACE . to mace a shopkeeper, or give it to him upon the mate, is to obtain goods on credit, which you never mean to pay for; to run up a score with the same intention, or to spunge upon your acquaintance, by continually begging or borrowing from them, is termed maceing, or striking the mace. MACE-GLOAK . a man who lives upon the mace. MAG . a halfpenny. MANCHESTER . the tongue. MANG . to speak or talk. MAULEY . the hand. MAX . gin or hollands. MILESTONE . a country booby. MILL . to fight. To mill a 'person is to beat him. MILL A GLAZE . to break a window.

Old English 'word lottery' pick Hornsnake : n. A harmless snake (Farancia abacura), found in the Southern United States. The color is bluish black above, red below.

A New and Comprehensive Vocabulary of the Flash Language by James Hardy Vaux, 1819
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Slang used by convicts deported to Australia in the early 1800s