The Alan Sondheim Mail Archive

July 31, 2012


THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES

From:

SINKS OF LONDON LAID OPEN:

A Pocket companion for the Uninitiated,

TO WHICH IS ADDED A
MODERN FLASH DICTIONARY
CONTAINING ALL THE
CANT WORDS, SLANG TERMS, AND FLASH PHRASES
NOW IN VOGUE
WITH
A LIST OF THE SIXTY ORDERS OF PRIME COVES,

The whole Forming a True Picture of London Life,
Cadging Made Easy, the He-She Man, Doings
of the Modern Greeks, Snooking Kens De-
picted, the Common Lodging-house
Gallants, Lessons to Lovers of
Dice, the Gaming Table,
etc.

EMBELLISHED WITH HUMOROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY
GEORGE CRUIKSHANK

London:
PUBLISHED BY J. DUNCOMBE.
1848

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THE SIXTY ORDER OF PRIME COVES

1. Rum-bubbers
2. Coves
3. Groaners
4. Duffers
5. Out-and-outers
6, Coiners
7. Macers
8. Swigs men
9. Bully rocks
10. Lully priggers
11. Ginglers
12. Ken coves
13. Bully huffs
14. Starrers
15. Strollers
16. Mounters
17. Shop-lifters
18. Swadlers
19. Sweeteners
20. Clapper dogens
21. Cloak twitchers
22. Upright men
23. Dubs men
24. Forkers
25. Bullies
s6. Autem men
27. Beau nappers
28. Badgers
29. Cadgers
30. Beau traps
31. Twirlers
32. Gammoners
33. Groaners
34. Fencers
35. Spicers
36. High topers
37. Footpads
38. Gamblers
39. Swindlers
40. Shoplifters
41. Sturdy beggars
42. Pad priggers
43. Money lenders
44. Ken crackers
45. Queer culls
46. Rushers
47. Fawney coves
48. Divers
49. Adam iglers
50. Knackers
51. Millers
52. Smashers
53. Filers
54. Gypsies
55. Buffers
56. Priggers
57. Rum padders
58. Gaggers
59. Dragsmen
60. Bloods

From our rooftop -

http://www.flickr.com/photos/asondheim/sets/72157630844929052/

the big-corporate 5 billion dollar 1%-er mess for the neighborhood
- barclay's arena - also including a 32-story skyscrape for
housing in the small-footprint area to the right of the building.
we're trying to move out. the company never once met with the
neighborhood, but instead seized buildings by eminent domain and
ignored new york city rules and regulations, not to mention
environmental laws. there's no sanitation or police plan in place.
how did they do this? they - the boro president, mayor of nyc,
governor of ny, and 'forest city ratner' declared the arena
property no longer part of the city, but belonging instead to the
state. so screw nyc, screw the residents who have to live with
the pollution, noise, filth, and crime this monstrosity is already
generating, and three cheers for the performers and investors who
are going to make a killing. this whole project was fought by the
way by a number of groups, mainly develop, don't destroy, brooklyn
(dddb) - and we lost all the cases until recently, now we're
winning, but it doesn't matter - the investors will get their
rewards on the ruins of a neighborhood. mind you most people here
i think are for it - brooklyn hasn't had a sports arena for years.
but there were far better sites; placing it in the center of a
residential neighborhood is a mess.

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