Among the Fallen
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flummox: to confuse
flush: a rush of stong feelings
full corned: drunk
go on the lift: steal
gruel: a thin, porridgelike soup
*hold a candle to the devil: someone as evil as the devil
ladybird: a prostitute
mad as hops: excitable
night walker: a prostitute
*pigeon-eyed: innocent
*pigeonhole: to label
*prigging: thieving
*round the clock: never stopping
sauce-box: a talkative mouth
*skilly: a thin broth of oatmeal and water
smasher: someone who passes bad money
smash-up: a battle to the end
sneak: thief
*sticky fingers: one with a tendency to steal
tart: a common girl with loose morals
*thick as thieves: close friends or coconspirators
toke: dry bread
tool: to pick a pocket
tosher: a sewer-hunter in the Victorian Eva
·• SOURCES •·
Main source: Passing English of the Victorian Era by James Redding
Ware (George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., London, 1909)