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Revelations of Prison Life I 19: So to decry the monstrosities of Cold Bath Fields [that] secured for that prison the name of the ‘Bastile’ .at bastille, n.
Revelations of Prison Life I 19: So to decry the monstrosities of Cold Bath Fields [that] secured for that prison the name of the ‘Bastile’ . Revelations of Prison Life I 98: A ‘cracksman,’ the ‘professional’ term for a housebreaker.at cracksman, n.1
Revelations of Prison Life I 22: The New Prison at Clerkenwell was styled ‘The Wells:’ Newgate, the ‘Stone jug:’ Horsemonger-Lane, ‘The Old Horse:’ and Tothill Fields, ‘The Tea Garden’.at Tea Garden, The, n.
Revelations of Prison Life I 22: The New Prison at Clerkenwell was styled ‘The Wells:’ Newgate, the ‘Stone jug:’ Horsemonger-Lane, ‘The Old Horse:’ and Tothill Fields, ‘The Tea Garden’.at Horse, the, n.
Revelations of Prison Life I 47: If he persumed to complain [...] He was called ‘a nose,’ and was made to run the gauntlet through a double file of scoundrels armed with short ropes or knotted handkerchiefs.at nose, n.
Revelations of Prison Life I 73: Slasher also was tall and of powerful build, and had acquired her sobriquet from the aptitude she displayed in the ‘art of self-defence’.at slasher, n.1
Revelations of Prison Life I 21: As an omnibus is familiarly styled a ‘bus,’ so is the word Bastile abbreviated into ‘stile,’ pronounced ‘steel.’ Consequently, as often as I was seen, and openly recognized in the street, I was hailed by professional thieves as ‘the governor of the ‘steel’.at Steel, the, n.
Revelations of Prison Life I 22: The New Prison at Clerkenwell was styled ‘The Wells:’ Newgate, the ‘Stone jug:’ Horsemonger-Lane, ‘The Old Horse:’ and Tothill Fields, ‘The Tea Garden’.at Wells, The, n.
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