Chapter 8 - Criminal Slang: A Five Points Glossary	More Movie Posters
	With definitions from The Rogue’s Lexicon by George Matsell, 1859. ANGLERS: Thieves who place a hook on the end of a stick, with which they steal AUTUMN DIVERS: Pickpockets who work in churches BLUDGET: A female thief who lures her victims into dark alleys to rob them BOARDING SCHOOL: Penitentiary CRUSHER: Policeman DANCING: Sneaking upstairs to commit a larceny GANDER: A married man not living at home with his wife GROANERS: Thieves who attend charity sermons and then rob the congregation HIGH TIDE: A lot of money LACED MUTTON: A common woman PARTIAL: Putting one’s hand in another man’s pocket POLISHER: A man in prison QUEEN DICK: It never happened ROUGHS: Men ready to fight in any way or shape SAND: Nerve, guts STAG: One who has turned State’s evidence STAR-GAZER: Prostitute or streetwalker STEPPING KEN: A dance house SWAG: Plunder WOODEN COAT: A coffin
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