books.google.com.au - The language of crime has a long and venerable history - in fact, the first dictionary of words specifically used by criminals, Hye-Way to the Spittel House, dates from as early as 1531. Jonathon Green is our national expert on slang, and in Crooked Talk he looks at five hundred years of crooks and conmen,...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Crooked_Talk.html?id=-NnroxLGNnEC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareCrooked Talk