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 19世紀前半には数十の俗語辞書が編纂されたが,その目的の1つに,ハイカルチャーな語彙しか収録しなかった Johnson の辞書を補完するという狙いがあったろう.しかし,今回取り上げる George Andrews による A Dictionary of the Slang and Cant language (1809) には,もっと「啓蒙的」な役割があった.それは,泥棒の俗語・隠語を世に広く知らしめることにより,犯罪抑止を狙うというものだった.ある種の社会正義を目指した書といってよいかもしれない.Crystal (68) によると,この辞書の売り文句として,次のような宣伝が書かれていたという.
One great misfortune to which the Public are liable, is, that Thieves have a Language of their own; by which means they associate together in the streets, without fear of being over-heard or understood.
The principal end I had in view in publishing this DICTIONARY, was, to expose the Cant Terms of their Language, in order to the more easy detection of their crimes; and I flatter myself, by the perusal of this Work, the Public will become acquainted with their mysterious Phrases; and be better able to frustrate their designs.
 Crystal (68) に再掲されている,いくつかの見出し語と定義を以下に挙げよう.19世紀初頭の泥棒の隠語だが,おそらく現在の泥棒には通じないのだろうなあ・・・.
| Adam Tylers | pickpockets' accomplices | 
| badgers | hawkers | 
| bullies, bully-huffs, bully-rooks | hired ruffians | 
| bloods | roisterers | 
| buffers | horse killers (for the skins) | 
| beau-traps | well-dressed sharpers | 
| cloak-twitchers | cloak-snatchers (from off people's shoulders) | 
| clapperdogeons (also spelled clapperdudgeon) | beggars | 
| coiners | counterfeiters | 
| cadgers | beggars | 
| duffers | hawkers | 
| divers | pickpockets | 
| dragsmen | vehicle thieves | 
| filers | coin-filers | 
| fencers | receivers of stolen goods | 
| footpads | highwaymen who rob on foot | 
| gammoners | pickpockets' accomplices | 
| ginglers (also jinglers) | horse-dealers | 
| kencrackers | housebreakers | 
| knackers | tricksters | 
| lully-priggers | linen-thieves | 
| millers | housebreakers | 
| priggers | thieves | 
| rum-padders | highwaymen | 
| strollers | pedlars | 
| sweeteners | cheats, decoys | 
| spicers | footpads | 
| smashers | counterfeiters | 
| swadlers (also swadders) | pedlars | 
| whidlers (also whiddlers) | informers | 
| water-pads | robbers of ships | 
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