# Vocabulum; or The Rogue's Lexicon Compiled from the Most Authentic Sources

Author: Matsell, George W. (George Washington), 1811-1877

Genre: Category: Language & Communication

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/52320

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Vocabulum%3B+or+The+Rogue%27s+Lexicon+Compiled+from+the+Most+Authentic+Sources+Matsell&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

When a young man enters upon the business of life, he may have some indefinite idea of what he intends to follow out to the close thereof; but he soon finds himself surrounded by circumstances which control his actions and business pursuits, and lead him into channels of thought and industry that had not previously entered into his philosophy. At least I have found it to be so, and I have no doubt others have had a similar experience. To become a lexicographer, certainly never entered into my calculation, or even found a place in the castle-building of my younger days; and if a kind friend had suggested to me that I was destined to fill such a position in life, I would simply have regarde...

## Chapters

- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/vocabulum-or-the-rogue-s-lexicon-compiled-from-the-most-authent-06a45df7/chapters/9/index.md)