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[SLANG] GROUP OF 7 UNDERWORLD AND CRIMINAL DICTIONARIES. Including: SMILEY, Jack. Hash House Lingo. Easton, PA: Author, 1941. Inscribed and signed, “To Harry Reffe/Linguistically Yours/Jack Smiley.” — LESTER, Sydney. Vardi the Palarey: A Comprehensive Guide to the “Slanguage” of the Entertainment Profession. Doncaster, n.d., 1937. — ERSINE, Noel. Underworld and Prison Slang. Upland, IN: A.D. Freese & Son, 1933. — Argot: A Dictionary of Underworld Slang. Seattle: Columbia Publishing, 1939. – JACKSON, Louis E. A Vocabulary of Criminal Slang. Portland, 1914. — and two others. Size 8vo or 12mo. One cloth-backed boards, others paper.