...shoddy clothes. In 'Tom and Jerry,' by Moncrieff, is the line, " Flash, my young friend, or sl.ui:.', as others call it, is the classical language of the Holy Land ; in other words, St. Giles's Greek." Vulgar language was first termed " fUsh " in the year 1718 by Hitchin, author of 'The Regulator of...

...roguish, and sometimes infers counterfeit or deceptive, and this perhaps is its general signification. " FLASH, my young friend, or slang, as others call it,...classical language of the Holy Land ; in other words, St. Giles' Greek." — Tom and Jerry, by Moncreiff. Vulgar language was first termed FLASH in the year...

...and sometimes infers counterfeit or deceptive,- — and this, perhaps, is its general signification. "FLASH, my young friend, or Slang, as others call...the classical language of the Holy Land ; in other FINDER, one who FINDS bacon and meat at the market before they are lostj ie, steals them. FLAM, a ring....

...deceptive, — and this, perhaps, is its general signification. "FLASH, my young friend, or Sling, as others call it, is the classical language of the Holy Land ; in other FINDER, one who FINDS bacon and meat at the market before they are lost» ie, steals them. FLAM, a...

...QUINCEV, Con/. (1862), 234. According to the modern SLANG phrase. 1823. MONCRIKFF, Tom and Jerry, 5. Flash, my young friend, or SLANG, as others call it,...the Holy Land ; in other words, St Giles's Greek. 1824. SCOTT, Redgavntlet, xiii. What did actually reach his ears was disguised so completely by the...