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VOCABULARY
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THE FLASH LANGUAGE.
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ALDERMAN LUSHINGTON. See Lush.
ANDREW MILLER'S LUGGER, a king's ship or vessel.
AREA SNEAK, or AREA SLUM, the practice of slipping unperceived down the areas of private houses, and robbing the lower apartments of plate or other articles.
ARM-PITS. To work under the arm-pits, is to practise only such kinds of depredation, as will amount, upon conviction, to what the law terms single, or petty larceny; the extent of punishment for which is transportation, for seven years. By following this system, a thief avoids the halter, which certainly is applied above the arm-pits.
AWAKE, an expression used on many occasions; as a thief will say to his accomplice, on perceiving the
