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Leaves from a Prison Diary in Farmer & Henley Sl. and Its Analogues VII 263/1: Most of these pseudo-aristocratic impostors had succeeded in gaining admission to the stocking-knitting party, which, in consequence, became known among the rest of the prisoners as the ‘upper ten push.’ . Leaves from a Prison Diary I 151: Little Dickey from the New Cut. 10 and a ticket. Put away by a moll (sold by an unfortunate). Leaves from a Prison Diary I 145: Another and more frequent means of ‘fetching the farm’ is termed ‘faiking’ (malingering), and [...] is practised only by the lowest type of criminal, such as the pickpocket, bruiser, thief-cadger, and ‘Her Majesty’s bad bargains’ — as soldier-convicts are called by the other prisoners. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 134: ‘Jack H—,’ he continued, ‘who was lately in the Bank’ (Millbank), ‘had a hand in that job.’. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 142: ‘Putting on the barmy stick’ is one of the plans not infrequently tried as a means of shirking labour and obtaining the relaxation of discipline [...] This consists in simulating madness. [Ibid.] 144: No such abominable practice was adopted towards even known ‘barmy stick’ prisoners during my stay at Millbank. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 151: We were both taken by the Kopper and the beek only giv me 14 days. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 48: They [...] have no more compunction in ‘besting’ one of themselves than in robbing outsiders. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 152: The week after I was chucked up I did a snatch near St. Paul’s, was collared, lagged, and got this bit of seven stretch. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 150: Young thieves would, of course, ‘blow their own horn’ in narrating their sentences and exploits. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 132: The Common Bounce — [...] they train young lads, generally thieves whom they are bringing out, to follow such men [...] as they believe to be ‘game,’ and endeavour to entice them to some out-of-the-way place where the scoundrel who is watching pounces upon the victim, and, under a threat of giving him into custody upon the most abominable of all charges, obtains a sum of money. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 128: The Bouncer — The class of crime represented by this, the slang name of its professors, [...] is the means of extracting large sums of money from many gentlemen in society who would be proof against any other species of robbery or fraud. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 118: Their [i.e. ‘snatchers’] one great ambition is to be thought clever enough to have performed some daring or successful theft after having been ‘brought out’ by some renowned hook. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 16: The cowardly bully who is known by the term ‘bruiser’ in prison slang, and who is usually the hanger-on of some unfortunate creature who supports him out of the rewards of her shame. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 23: They all agree in the opinion that the latter [i.e. America] is the most difficult and dangerous country in which to do a ‘burst’ (burglary). Leaves from a Prison Diary I 106: Hooks — These individuals, who are also known as ‘gunns’ and ‘buzzers,’ in prison slang, constitute the pickpocket class in its various specialities. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 15: I punched him not so much for stealing my bread as for stealing into my cell like a ‘cadger’ when I was not there. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 121: Thief-Cadgers — This, the pariah order of habitual criminal, is designated ‘the cadger’ from uniting two callings in his mode of thieving — begging (cadging) and ‘shop-lifting.’. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 152: I was jogging down a blooming slum in the Chapel when I butted a reeler who was sporting a red slang. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 64: I have known the governor to have ‘choked off’ (successfully humbugged) dozens of these frequently complaining and contemptible imposters by expressing his surprise at ‘an educated man giving such trouble without cause’. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 200: I say, Bill, were you ever choked off with such blooming thin skilly in all your lagging? Leaves from a Prison Diary I 15: I one day missed my labour ‘chum’ [...] and learned that he had ‘nosed’ another prisoner, that is, struck him a blow on that organ, and was undergoing three days’ ‘chokey’ (bread and water). Leaves from a Prison Diary I 116: I never had a real fit in all my life! What you saw the other day was what we call ‘chucking a dummy,’ or, as you might name it [...] ‘counterfeiting a fit.’. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 15: I one day missed my labour ‘chum’ from his place in our ‘push’ or gang. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 140: Scarcely a single batch of ‘new chums’ (prisoners recently convicted) ever came to Dartmoor from Millbank [...] who did not bring some cheering news of an impending revolution in the law. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 161: Millbank for thick shins and graft at the pump; / Broadmoor for all laggs as go off their chump. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 152: I [...] boned the clock, which was a red one, but I was spotted by a copper who claimed me. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 75: An ‘old clo’ man’ would not have speculated two and sixpence upon his entire outfit. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 111: The ‘man of the world’ [...] is generally in Co. with a ‘lady hook,’ or a ‘pal’ of his own sex. Leaves from a Prison Diary I 25: Manchester ‘hooks’ (pick-pockets) [...] boast of being the rivals of the ‘Cocks,’ or Londoners in the art of obtaining other people’s property without paying for it. [Ibid.] 135: There was a burst [...] at the watchmaker’s at the corner of Corporation Street [Manchester] done by little P— D—, who boned 2,000l of swag. Tell us [...] where you Cocks have beaten that? Leaves from a Prison Diary I 151: I kolered her nut an giv her a fine slugging and her mug was all over blud.