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Title: A vocabulary of criminal slang

with some examples of common usages

Author: Louis E. Jackson

Contributor: C. R. Hellyer


Release date: August 5, 2025 [eBook #76632]

Language: English

Original publication: Portland: Modern Printing Co., 1915

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A VOCABULARY OF CRIMINAL SLANG ***

A VOCABULARY OF
CRIMINAL SLANG

Copyrighted, 1914

By LOUIS E. JACKSON

A VOCABULARY OF

CRIMINAL SLANG

WITH

SOME EXAMPLES OF

COMMON USAGES

BY

Louis E. Jackson

Assisted by

C. R. Hellyer, City Detective Department

PORTLAND, OREGON

Price, $1.50

DEDICATED TO

T. M. Word

Sheriff of Multnomah County, Oregon

A Fearless

and Intelligent Administrator

of a Public Trust.