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Lowspeak: A Dictionary of Criminal and Sexual Slang choose

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[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at ace, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at acid, n.2
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at fanny adams, n.2
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at adrift, adj.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at air dance (n.) under air, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 12: Alias man – criminal, worthless person generally.
at alias man, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 78: Jack [...] five pounds. Usually used in the plural, from the rhyming slang, Jack’s alive = 5.
at jack’s (alive), n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 12: All on top – superficial, specifically to police evidence.
at all on top, phr.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 12: To swallow the anchor – to give up crime, to retire.
at swallow the anchor (v.) under anchor, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at swallow the anchor (v.) under anchor, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at anchor, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 32: To drop anchor in Bum Bay – to have anal intercourse.
at drop anchor in bum bay (v.) under anchor, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at cow-and-kisses, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at back and fill, v.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at bottle (and stopper), n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at grumble (and grunt), n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at mary and johnny, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at rod (and float), n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at slabbed and slid, adj.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at elephant and castle, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at bread and honey, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at candle (and) sconce, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at salt and pepper, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 128: Shovel – prison.
at shovel and pick, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 29: On the Bottle – [...] a pickpocket [...] now used principally by black pickpockets on the underground.
at on the bottle under bottle (and glass), n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at angel, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at angel, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 128: Sir Anthony – a fool.
at Sir Anthony Blunt, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak.
at arctic explorer, n.
[UK] J. Morton Lowspeak 13: On the arm – eating and drinking without payment.
at on the arm (adv.) under arm, n.
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