Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf the Ring the Chase the Pit or Bon-Ton and the Varieties of Life Forming the Completest and Most Authentic Lexicon Balatronicum Hitherto Offered to the Notice of the Sporting World (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Slang: A Dictionary of the Turf the Ring the Chase the Pit or Bon-Ton and the Varieties of Life Forming the Completest and Most Authentic Lexicon Balatronicum Hitherto Offered to the Notice of the Sporting World<br><br>The information may be of service to literary larceners - book pirates that within a few years the same favour was extended to simple culprits merely; but whether the reformation of Newgate extends to all jails sum-comm.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.