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HE great Approbation, with which ſo | polite a nation as France has received the Satyrical and Burleſque Dictionary of Mon- ſieur Le Roux, teſtified by the ſeveral editions it has gone through, will, it is hoped, apolo- giſe for an attempt to compile an Engliſh Die- tionary on a ſimilar plan, our language being at leaſt as copious as the French, and as capable of the witty equivoque, beſides which, the freedom of thought and ſpeech, ariſing from, and privileged by our conſtitution, gives a force and poignancy to the expreſſions of our com- mon people, not to be found under arbitrary governments, where the ebullitions of vulgar wit are checked by the fear of the baſtinadb,
or of a lodging during pleaſure in ſome gaol or caſtle.
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The many vulgar alluſions and cant expreſ-
ſions that ſo frequently occur in our comme
converſation and periodical publications, make a work of this kind extremely uſeful, if not
abſolulely neceſſary, not only to foreigners, but
even to natives reſident at a diſtance from the
metropolis, or who do not mix in the buſy
world; without ſome ſuch help, they might hunt through all the ordinary Dictionaries,
from Alpha to Omega, in ſearch of the words,
% black legs, lame duck, a plumb, malinge- ror, nip cheeſe, darbies, and the new drop,” although theſe are all terms of well-known import, at New-market, Exchange- alley, the City, the Parade, Wapping, and Newgate. The faſhionable words, or favourite expreſſions of the day, alſo find their way into our political and theatrical compoſitions; theſe, as they ge- nerally originate from ſome trifling event, or temporary circumſtance, on falling into difuſe, or being ſuperſeded by new ones, vaniſh with-
out leaving a trace behind, ſuch were the
late faſhionable words, a Bore and a Twaddle,
among the great vulgar, Maccaroni and the
Barber, among the ſmall; theſe too are here carefully regiſtered.
The Vulgar Tongue conſiſts of two parts: the firſt is the Cant Language, called ſome- | 5 times
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PREFACE Ul times Pedlar's French, or St. Giles's Greek; the ſecond, thoſe Burleſque Phraſes, Quaint
Alluſions, and Nick-names for perſons, things and places, which from long uninterrupted uſage are made claſſical by preſcription. Re-
ſpecting the firſt, that is, the canting language,
take the account given of it's origin and the cataſtrophe of it's inſtitutor, from Mr. Harri- ſon's Deſcription of England prefixed to Hol- lingſhead's Chronicle; where, treating of, beg- gars, gypſies, &c. he ſays, It is not yet fifty years ſith this trade began, but how it hath „ proſpered ſithens that time, it 1s eaſy to judge, for they are now ſuppoſed of one ſexe and another to amount unto above ten thou- ſand perſons, as I have harde reported, more- over in counterfeiting the Egyptian roges, „ they have deviſed a language among them- „ ſelves, which they name canting; but o- e thers Pedlar's French, a ſpeache compact „ thirty yeares ſince of Engliſh, and a great &© number of odde wordes of their own di-
viſing without all order or reaſon, and yet
e ſuch it is, as none but themſelves are able „ to underſtand. The firſt deviſer thereof was „ hanged by the neck, as a juſt reward no doubt for his deſartes, and a common end to all of that profeſſion ; a gentleman, (Mr.
« Thomas Harman) alſo of late hath taken. b 6 oreat
iv EE. 6 great paines to ſearch out the ſecret prac- tizes of this ungracious rabble, and among
& other things he ſetteth down and deſcribeth twenty-two ſorts of them, whoſe names it
e ſhall not be amiſſe to remember, whereby
each one may gather what wicked people “they are, and what villany remaineth in „% them.” For this liſt ſee the word Crew. This was the origin of the cant language, its terms have been collected from the following Treatiſes:
The Bellman of London, bringing to light the moſt notorious villanies that are now practiſed in the kingdom. Profitable for gentlemen, lawyers, merchants, citizens, farmers, maſters of houſeholds, and all forts of ſervants, to marke, and delightfull for men to reade.—
Lege, Perlege, Relege. — 1608.
Thieves falling out, true men come by their goods. — 1615.
Eugliſi Villuinies, ſeven ſeverall times preſt to
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PREFACE. * 4 heare him, another conſpiracy of abuſes lately 3 plotting together, to hurt the peace of the 3 kingdom; which the bell-man (becauſe he ther
went {tumbling 1th” dark) could never ſee, till now. And becauſe a company of rogues, cun- ning canting gypſies, and all the ſcumme of our nation, fight under their tattered colours. At the end is a canting dictionary to teach their language with canting ſongs. A booke to make gentlemen merry, citizens warie, countrymen carefull. Fit for juſtices to reade over, becauſe it is a pilot by whom they may make ſtrange diſcoveries, London 1638.
Bailey's, and the new canting dictionary, have alſo been conſulted, with the Hiſtory of Bamfield More Carew, the Seſſions Papers, and other modern authorities; as many of theſe terms are ſtill profeſſionally uſed by our preſent race of free-booters of different denominations, who ſeem to have eſtabliſhed a ſyſtematical manner of carrying on their buſineſs ; a know- ledge of them may therefore be uſeful to gen-
tlemen in the commuthon of the peace.
The ſecond part or burleſque terms, have been drawn from the moſt claſſical authorities ; ſuch as ſoldiers on the long march, ſeamen
at the cap-ſtern, ladies diſpoſing of their fiſh, b 2 and
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and the colloquies of a Graveſend- boat; many heroic ſentences, expreſſing and inculcating a contempt of death, have been caught from the mouths of the applauding populace, attending thoſe triumphant proceſſions up Holborn-hill, with which many an unfortunate hero, till lately finiſhed his courſe, and various choice flowers have been collected at executions, as well thoſe
authorized by the ſentence of the law, and ea
formed under the direction of the ſheriff, : thoſe inflicted under the authoiity and ae tion of that impartial and ſummary tribunal, called the Mob, upon the pick-pockets, in- formers, or other unpopular criminals,
In the courſe of this work many ludicrous games and cuſtoms are explained, which are not to be met with in any other book: the ſucceſſion of the finiſhers of the law, the aboli- tion of the triumph or ovation of Holborn— hill, with the introduction of the preſent mode
of execution at Newgate, are chronologically
aſcertained ; points of great importance to both the preſent ind future compilers of the Ty-
burne Chronicle,
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PREFACE. Vil word has obtruded itſelf for explanation, he
has endeavoured to get rid of it in the moſt decent manner poſſible; and none have been 1dmitted but ſuch, as either could not be left out, without rendering the work incomplete, or, in ſome meaſure, compenſate by their wit, for the treſpaſs. committed on decorum. In- deed reſpecting this matter, he can with great truth make the ſame defence that Falſtaff lu- dicrouſiy urges in behalf of one engaged in rebellion, viz. that he did not ſeek them, but that, like rebellion in the caſe inſtanced, they lay in his way, and he found them,
The Editor likewiſe begs leave to add, that if he has had the misfortune to run foul of the dignity of any body of men, profeſſion, or trade, it is totally contrary to his intention; and he hopes the interpretations given to any particular terms that may ſeem to bear hard upon them, will not be confidered as his ſentiments, but as the ſentiments of the perſons by whom ſuch terms were firſt invented, or thoſe by whom
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Additions and Corrections.
3 Alſaſia read Alſatia.
Gamss, thin, ill ſhaped legs; a corruption of the
French word jambes,
After Gregorian tree inſert the gallows.
JAPANNED, ordained ; to be japanned, to enter into holy orders, to become a clergyman; from the colour of the
Japan ware, which is black.
For rch face read rich face. |
TwaADDLE, perplexity, a confuſion, or any thing elle, a faſhionable term that ſucceeded a bore.
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BBE S8, or LADY ABBESS, a bawd, the miſtreſs of a brothel.
ABEL-WACKETS, blows given on the palm of the hand with a twiſted handkerchief, inſtead of a ferula; a jocular puniſhment among ſeamen, who ſometimes play at cards for wackets, the loſer ſuffering as many ſtrokes as he has loſt games.
AN ABIGAIL, a lady's waiting maid.
ABRAM, naked, (cant)
ABRAM. COVE, a cant word among thieves. ſignifying a naked or poor man, alſo a luſty fitong rogue,
ABRAM MEN, pretended mad men.
To sHAM ABRAM, to pretend ſickneſs.
ACADEMY, or PUSHING SCHOOL, a brothel. The float- ing academy, the lighters on board of which thoſe perſons
are confined, who by a late regulation are condemned to hard labour, inſtead of tranſportation. Campbell's aca- demy, the ſame, from a gentleman of that name, who
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AccounrTs, to caſt up one's s accounts, to vomit.
Acr of PARLIAMENT, a military term for ſmall beer, five pints of which, by an act of parliament, a landlord was formerly obliged to give to each ſoldier gratis.
ACTEON, a cuckold, from the horns planted on the head of Acteon by Diana,
ADam's ALE, water. ADAM TILER, a pickpocket's aſſociate, who receives the
ſtolen goods and runs off with them, (cant) ADDLE PATE, an inconfiderate fooliſh fellow. ADDLE PLOT, a ſpoil ſport, a mar all. ADMIRAL OF THE BLUE, Who carries his flag on his
mainmaſt, a landlord or publican wearing a blue apron,
as was formerly the cuſtom among gentlemen of that yo- cation, ADRIFT, (ſea phraſe) looſe, turned adrift, diſcharged. AFFIDAVIT MEN, knights of the poſt, or falſe witneſſes, aid to attend Weſtminſter Hall and other courts of Fs tice, ready to ſwear any thing for hire, diſtinguiſhed by having ſtraws ſtuck in the heels of their ſhoes,
AFTER-CLAP, a demand after that firſt given in has been.
diſcharged, a charge for pretended omiſſions.
AGAINST THE GRAIN, unwillingly, it went much againſt the grain with him, i. e. it was much againſt his inclina- tion, or againſt his pluck, |
Acos, ALL-A-606, anxious, eager, impatient,
AGROUND, ſtuck faſt, ſtopped, at a loſs, ruined, like a boat
or veſlel aground, AIR AND EXERCISE, he has had air and exerciſe, 14 ©
he has been whipped at the cart's tail, or as it is generally, though more vulgarly, expreſſed, at the cart's a—ſe.
ALE DRAPER, an alehouſe keeper, ALL-A-MORT, ſtruck dumb, confounded,
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ALSATIA THE HIGHER, White Fryers, once a place pri- vileged from arreſts for debt, as was alſo the Mint, but ſuppreſſed on account of the notorious abuſes committed. there. | ALSATIA THE LOWER, the Mint in Southwark.
ALSASIANS, the inhabitants of White Fryers, or the Mint.
ALTAMEL, vide Dutch reckoning, a verbal or lump ac- count, without particulars, ſuch as are commonly pro- duced at bawdy houſes, ſpunging houſes, &c.
ALTITUDES, the man is in his altitudes, 1. e. he is drunk.
AMBASSADORS, a trick to duck ſome ignorant fellow or landſman, frequently plaid on board ſhips in the warm la- titudes, it is thus managed: a large tub is filled with was ter, and two ſtools placed on each fide of it, over the whole is thrown a tarpawlin or old fail, this 1s kept tight by two perſons, who are to repreſent the king and queen of a foreign country, and are ſeated on the ſtools. The perſon intended to be ducked plays the ambaſſador, and after repeating a ridiculous ſpeech dictated to him, is lead in great form up to the throne, and ſeated between the king
and queen, who rifing ſuddenly as ſoon as he is ſeated, he falls backward into the tub of water. -
AMBIDEXTER, a lawyer who takes fees from both plain- tiff and defendant, or that goes ſnacks with both parties in gaming. 55
AMEN CURLER, a pariſh clerk.
AMINIDAB, a jeering name for a quaker,
AMES ACE, within ames ace, nearly, very near.
To amvsE, (in a canting ſenſe) to fling duſt or ſnuff in the eyes of a perſon intended to be robbed. Allo to in- vent ſome plauſible tale, to delude ſhopkeepers and others, thereby to put them off their guard, 5
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An ANABAPTIST, a pick-pocket caught in the fact, and
puniſhed with the diſcipline of the pump, or horſe-pond.
ANGLERS, pilferers, or petty thieves, who with a ſtick ha- ving a hook at the end, ſteal goods out of ſhop windows, grates, &c. alſo thoſe who draw in, or entice unwary per- ſons, to prick at the belt, or ſuch like devices.
ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS, begging out of a priſon win= dow with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long firing.
ANKLE, a girl who 1s got with child, 1s ſaid 'to have ſprained her ankle.
ANTHONY, or TANTONY PIG, the favourite or ſmalleſt pig in the litter: to follow like a tantony pig, i. e. St. Anthony's pig, to follow cloſe at one's heels. St. An- thony the hermit was a ſwine herd, and is always repre- ſented with his bell and pig.
To Knock ANHoNyY, ſaid of an inkneed perſon, or one
whoſe knees knock together. See to cuff Jonas.
APE LEADER, an old maid, their puniſhment after death, for neglecting to encreaſe and multip! y, will be it is ſaid, leading apes in hell. | 5
APOTHECARY, to talk like an apothecary, to talk non- ſenſe, from the aſſumed gravity and affectation of know- ledge, generally put on by the gentlemen of that profeſ-
ſion, who are commonly but ſuperficial in their learning. APOTHECARY'S BILL, a long bill. APOTHECARY's, or LAW LATIN, barbarous Latin, vul- garly called dog Latin, in Ireland bog Latin. | APRIL Foor, any one impoſed on, or ſent on a bootleſs errand on the firſt of April, on which day it is the cuſ- | : tom
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dropping empty papers carefully doubled up, ſending per- ſons on abſurd meſſages, and ſuch like contrivances, to impoſe on everyone they can, and then to ſalute them with the title of April-fool.
APRON STRING HOLD, an eſtate held by a man during his wife's life. |
Aqua POMPAGINIS, pump water, (apothecaries Latin.)
An ARCH ROGUE, or DIMBER DAMBER UPRIGHT MAN, the chief of a gang of thieves or gypſies. |
An ARCH DELL, or ARCH DOXY, fignifies the ſame in rank among the female canters or gypſies.
AR1sT1PPUSs, a diet drink or decoction of ſarſaparilla, chi- na, &c. ſold at certain coffee houſes and drank as tea.
ARMOUR, in his armour, pot valiant; to fight in armour,
to make uſe of Mrs. Philips's ware. See c—d—m.
ARK, (cant) a boat or wherry. Let us take an ark and winns. Let us take a ſculler. |
ARK RUFFIANS, (cant) rogues who in conjunction with
watermen robbed and ſometimes murdered on the water, by picking a quarrel with the paſſengers in a boat, board- ing it, plundering, ſtripping, and throwing them over- board, &c. a ſpecies of badgers. |
ARs MUSICA, a bum-fiddle.
ARsE, to hang an arſe, ta hang back, to be afraid to advance, |
ARSY VARSEY, to fall arſy varſey, 1. e. head over heels.
ARTHUR, KING ARTHUR, a game uſed at ſea, when near
the line, or in a hot latitude. It 1s performed thus : a man
who is to repreſent king Arthur, ridiculouſly dreſſed, hav- ing a large wig made out of oakum, or ſome old ſwabs, is ſeated on the fide or over a large veſſel of water, every perſon in his turn is to be ceremoniouſly introduced to him, and to pour a bucket of water over him, crying hail king Arthur! if during this ceremony the perſon intro- | duced
45 T | _ duced laughs or ſmiles, (to which his majeſty endeavours i | to excite him, by all ſorts of ridiculous geſticulations) he | changes place with, and then becomes king Arthur, till * relieved by ſome brother tar, who has as little command 0 over his muſcles as himſelf. Mi | Ass16, an affignation. | 1 ATHANASIAN WENCH, or QUICUNQUE VULT, a for- MN ward girl, ready to oblige every man that ſhall aſk her, Fil AvuNT, mine aunt, cant, a bawd or procureſs, a title of N eminence for the ſenior dells, who ſerve for inſtructreſſes, WW. midwives, &c. for the dells. Sec dells, 0 Aurku, a church. 1 Arz BAWLER, (cant) a parſon. All AUTEM CACKLERS, [ (cant) diſſenters of every deno- AUTEM PRICE EARS, 3 mination. AUTEM CACKLE TUB, (cant) a conventicle or meeting ' houſe for diſſenters, AUTEM DIPPERS, (cant) Anabaptiſts. AUTEM DIVERS, (cant) pickpockets who practiſe in church- es, alſo church-wardens and overſeers of the poor. AUTEM GOGLERS, (cant) pretended French prophets, AUTEM MORT, (cant) a married woman, alſo a female beggar, with ſeveral children hired or borrowed to excite charity. | AurEM QUAVERS, (cant) quakers. AUTEM QUAVER TUB, (cant) a quakers meeting-houſe.
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BAck-BITER, one who {landers another behind his
back, i. e. in his abſence, His boſom friends are become his back-biters, ſaid of a louſy man.
BAck'p, dead. He wiſhes to have the ſenior, or old ſquare- tocs back'd. He longs to have his father on fix mens lhoulders, that is, carrying to the grave.
BAck-ur, his back is up, 1, e. he is offended or angry; an expreſſion or idea taken from a cat, that animal, when angry, always raiſing its back; an alluſion alſo ſometimes uſed to jeer a crooked man, as, fo Sir, I ſee ſomebody hag offended you, for your back is up.
BACON, he has ſaved his bacon, he has eſcaped, he has a good voice to beg bacon, a ſaying in ridicule of a bad VOICE,
BacoN FACED, full faced.
BAcoN FED, fat, greaſy.
BACK GAMMON PLAYER, a ſodomite.
USHER, or GENTLEMAN OF THE "BACK DOOR, the ſame. |
BAD BARGAIN, one of his majeſty's bad bargains, a worth» leſs ſoldier, a malingeror. See malingeror.
BADGE, term uſed in the canting ſenſe, for one burned in the hand. He has got his badge, and piked; he was burned in the hand, and is at liberty. (cant.)
BADGE coves, pariſh penſioners. (cant. }
BaDGERs, a crew of deſperate villains who robbed near rivers, into which they threw the bodies of thoſe they murdered, (cant, }
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BapGEx, to confound, perplex, or teaze.
BacGace, heavy baggage, women and children.
BAaGPIPE, TO BAGPIPE, a laſcivious practice too indecent for explanation,
BAk ERS DozkEx, fourteen, that number of rolls being allowed to the purchaſers of a dozen.
BALDERDASH, adulterated wine.
BALLUM RANCUM, a hop or dance, where the women are all proſtitutes, a dance at a brothel,
BALsAM, money.
A BAM, a jocular impoſition, the ſame as a humbug.
See humbug. To Bam, to impoſe on any one by a falfity, alſo to jeer or make fun of any one. | BAMBOOZLE, to make a fool of any one, to humbug or impoſe on kim.
BANAGHAN, he beats Banaghan, an Iriſh ſaying of one who tells wonderful ſtories, perhaps Banaghan was a min-
ftrel famous for dealing in the marvellous, |
BaNnDBox, that is mine a—ſe on a bandbox, an anſwer to the offer of any thing inadequate to the purpoſe for which it is proffered, like offering a bandbox for a ſeat.
BANBURY STORY OF A COCK AND A BULL, a round- about nonſenſical ſtory.
Bax Doo, a bailiff or his follower, alſo a very fierce maſtiff.
BANDORE, a widow's mourning peak, alſo a muſical in- ſtrument. |
BaxG sTRAw, a nick name for a threſher, but applied to all the Gras of a farmer. |
BAxks's HORSE, a horſe famous for playing tricks, the property of one Banks, it is mentioned in Sir Walter Ra- leigh's Hiſt. of the World, p. 178, alſo by Sir Kenelm Digby and Ben Johnſon.
BANTLING, a young child,
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BAPT ISE D, or CHRISTENED. Rum, brandy, or any other
ſpirits that have been lowered with water.
The BARBER, or that's the barber, a ridiculous and un- meaning phraſe, in the mouths of the common people about the year 1760, ſignifying their approbation of any action, meaſure, or thing. |
BARKER, the ſhopman of a dealer in ſecond hand clothes, particularly about Monmouth-ſtreet, who walks before his ſhop, and deafens every paſſenger with his eries of clothes, coats, or gowns, what d'ye want gemmen, what d'ye buy? |
BARKING IRON), piſtols, from their exploſion reſembling the bow-wow or barking of a dog. (Iriſh)
| BARNACLE, a good job, or ſnack eaſily got, alſo ſhell fiſh
growing on the bottoms of ſhips; a bird of the gooſe kind; an inftrument like a pair of pincers, to fix on the noſes of vicious horſes whilſt ſhoeing; a nick name for ſpectacles, and alſo for the gratuity given to grooms, by the buyers and ſellers of horſes,
BAR wie, between a dalmahoy and a double cauliflower or full bottom. See Dalmahoy. |
Ba sk Er, an exclamation frequently made uſe of in cock
pits, at cock fightings, where perſons refuſing or unable to pay their loſings, are adjudged by that reſpectable aſ- ſembly to be put into a baſket ſuſpended over the pit, there to remain during that day's diverſion, On the leaſt demur to pay a bet, baſket is vociferated in terrorem. BASKET MAKING, the good old trade of baſket-makingy copulation, or making feet for children's ſtockings. To BASTE, to beat. I'Il give him his baſtings, I'Il beat him heartily. A BASTING, a beating. B 2 BasTox®
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BaTTNER, an ox, beef heing apt to batten or fatten thoſe that eat it. The cove has huſhed the battner, i. e. has killed the “
BaTCHELoOR's sox, a baſtard, 111 Bavorans, (Scotch) a cat, | 3 BawBEE, (Scotch) a halfpenny, | b BawBELs, or BAWBLES, trinkets, a man's alen, | Z Bawv, a female procureſs. 'F BAwD Y BASKET, (cant) the twenty-third rank of can- 3 ters, who carry pins, tape, ballads, and obſcene books to 3 ſell, but live moſtly by ſtealing. ; BawDY HOUSE BOTTLE, a very ſmall one, ſhort mea- $
ſure, being among the many means uſed by the keepers of thoſe houſes, to gain what they call an honeſt hvelihood; ] indeed this is one of the leaſt reprehenfible, the leſs they = give a man of their infernal beverages for his money, the W ; kinder they behave to him.
Bay winDows, old projecting windows.
BAYARD oF TEN TOEs, to ride Bayard of ten toes, is
0 to walk on foot. Bayard was a horſe famous in old
| i | | romances. _ | 0 Bear, an Exchange-alley term, one who contracts for a 5 Il} | certain quantity or ſum of ſtock in the public funds, on a 2 = Mis future day, and at a ſtated price; or in other words, ſells 4 | Mil what he has not got, as the huntſman in the fable, fold (hi the bear's ſkin before the bear was killed. As the bear SB 1600 | ſells the ſtock he is not poſſeſſed of, fo the bull purchaſes 3 | Uh what he has not money to pay for, but in cafe of any 3 l 0 | alteration in the price agreed on, either party pays or I B. 0 receives the difference. | 8 K N BEAR GARDEN Jaw or DISCOURSE, rude vulgar lan- = . 0 guage, ſuch as was uſed at the Bear Gardens. B. i l BEAR LEADER, a travelling tutor, | 5 0 Pxazd i
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BEARIN OCS, I' bring him to his bearins, Þil brin him to reaſon. (Sea term) |
BEAST WITH TWO BACKS, a man and woman in the act of copulation, i
BEAU TRAP, a looſe fone in a, pavement, under which water lodges, and on being trod upon, (quirts it up, to the great damage of white fockings; a'lo a ſharper heatly dreſſed, lying in wait for raw country iquires, Or ignorant fops.
BAL M'p, a piece of ſea wit ſported in hot weather, I am becalm'd, the ſail ſticks to the maſl, that is my ſhirt ſticks to my back,
BEDIZENED, dreſſed out, over dre! led, or awkwardly ornamented.
BEDAWBED ALL OVER WITH LACE, vulgar ſaying of any one dreſted in clothes richly laced,
BED, put to bed with a mattock, and rucked up with a ſpade, faying of one that is dead and buried. You wall go up a ladder to bed, 1. e. you will be ranged. In many country places, perſons hanged are made to mount up a ladder, which is afterwards turned round or taken away, whence the term turned off.“
BEck, a beadle. S e hermanheck.
A Bree EATER, a veoman of the guards, inſtituted by Henry VII. their office was to ſtand near the bouflet, or cupboard, thence called Bouffetiers, fince co ru, ted to beef eaters, others ſuppoſe they obtained this name from the ſize of their perſons, and the eaſineſs of rheis duty, as having ſcarce more to do than to eat the king's Hef.
BEEP; to cry beef, (cant) to give the alarm. hey have cried beef on us, To be in a man's beef, to wound him with a ſword,
BEETLE BROWED, one having thick projecting eyebrows.
BEETLE HEADED, dull, ſtupid,
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BEOCCAR MAKERS, an ale-houſe.
BEOGCOGAR MAKER, a publican, or ale-houſe keeper.
BEGGARS BULLETS, ſtones; the beggar's bullets began to fly, i. e. they began to throw ſtones.
BEILBV's BALL, he will dance at Beilby's ball, where the ſheriff pays the muſick: he will be hanged. Who Mr. Beilby was, or why that ceremony was ſo called, remains with the quadrature of the circle, the diſcovery of the philoſopher's ſtone, and diverſe other defiderata yet urdiſcovered.
BEL, all ſorts of ey that liquor being apt to cauſe eructation BEL Iv N an apron.
BErry PLEA, the plea of pregnancy, generally adduced by female felons capitally convicted, which they take care to provide for, previous to their trials; every gaol 85 2g, as the Beggar's Opera informs us, one or more
J getters, who qualify the ladies for that expedient, rr LY TIMBER, food of all ſorts.
IL SWAGGER, a noiſy bullying fellow.
L WETHER, the chief or leader of a mob, Idea
t:ken from a flock of ſheep, where the wether has a bell
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BENE (cant) good.
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hENE r RKMANS, (cant) good night.
NE FAM ERS, (cant) counterfeiters of bills.
„f FEAKERS OF GYBES, (cant) counterfeiters of paſſes. {+ SHIPLY, (cant) worſhipfully.
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Bxss, or BETTY, (cant) a ſmall inſtrument uſed by houſe breakers to force open doors. Bring beſs and glym, bring the inſtrument to force the door, and the dark lanthorn.
Small flaſks like thoſe for Florence wine, are alſo called bettys.
' BEss, See brown beſs, _BETTY MARTIN, that's my eye betty martin, an anſwer
to any one that attempts to impoſe or humbug.
BEST. To the beſt in Chriſtendom, i. e. the beſt ** in Chriſtendom, a health formerly much 1n vogue.
BET, a wager, to bet to lay a wager.
BETWATTLED, ſurpriſed, confounded, out of ones ſenſes, alſo bewrayed.
BEVER, an afternoon's luncheon, alſo a fine hat, bevers fur making the beſt hats,
BEVERAGE, garniſh money, or money for drink, demanded of any one having a new ſuit of clothes.
BiDDy, or CHICK-A-BIDDY, a chicken, and figuratively a young wench,
BIůE T, commonly pronounced biddy, a kind of tub, coa- trived for ladies to waſh themſelves, for which purpoſe
they beſtride it like a little French poney, or poſt horle, called in France bidets.
B1LBEY'S BALL, See ball. BILBOA, (cant) a ſword, Bilboa in Spain was once fa- mous for well tempered blades: theſe are quoted by
Falſtaff, where he deſcribed the manner in which he lay in the buck baſket.
BILK, (cant) to cheat, Let us bilk the rattling cove ; let us cheat the hackney coachman of his fare: bilking a coachman, a box keeper, or a poor whore, was formerly among men of the town thought a gallant action.
BILL OF SALE, a widow's weeds, See houſe to let.
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for woman, ſpecies for genus.
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A BITE, (ant) a cheat, allo a woman's privities. The cul
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I To BITE, (cant to over-reach, or impoſe, alſo to ſteal. 1 Biting was once eftcemed a kind of wit, fimilar to the
humbug. An inſtance of it is given in the Spectator: 2 man under icntence of death having ſoid his body to 2 {urgeon rather beloiy the market price, on receiving the money, cried a bite; I am to be hanged in chains. To bite the roger, to ſteal a portmanteau ; to bite the wiper, to ſteal a handkerchiet ; to bite on the bridie, to be pinched or reduced to ditticultics, BL AB, a tell tale, or one incapable of keeping a ſecret.
BLACK ART, (cant) the art of picking a lock.
BLACK AND WHITE, in writing. I have it in black 55 white; I have written evidence.
BLACK Box, (cant) a lawyer.
BLACK GUARD, a ſhabby dirty fellow, a term ſaid to be derived from a number of dirty tattered and roguiſh boys, = who attended at the horſe guards and parade in St. 2 James's park, to black the boots and ſhoes of the ſoldiers, - or to do any other dirty offices, theſe from their conſt nt 3 attendance about the time of guard mounting, were nick
named the black guards. | . 1 by « . « — * = E = PLACK JACK, « jug to drink out of, made of jacked = leather. Brack Inpigs, Newcaſtle in Pre i wloſe rich coal mines Prove an indzes to the pro] Irietor. Brack LEGs, a gambler or ſharper on the turf or in the 1 cock pit; ſo called perhaps from their appe aring generally > =— in boots, or elſe from game coc ks, whole legs are always „ 3 bla a \. K . - 8 Q kter th -bo ; © + LACK MONDAY, the fr Monc day Alter dhe (cl 100! Y "= ho! OLIGH p; 3 ö 7 | ; A : | 1
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and produce and repeat the taſks ſet them. Br ack Mus, hoods and ſcarves of alamode luteſtring. BLACK PSALM; to ſing the black an, to cry ; a ſay- ing uſed to children. Br ack sp, the devil. BLAck $TRAP, bene carlo wine, alſo port, A taſk of
labour impoſed on ſoldiers at Gibralter, as a puniſhment |
for ſmall offences.
BLAxk; to look blank, to x: tos diſappointed or con- founded.
BLARNEY ; he has licked the Blarney ſtone; he deals in the wonderful, or tips us the traveller. The Blarney ſtone is a triangular ſtone on the very top of an an- cient caſtle of that name, in the county of Cork in Ire- land, extremely difficult of acceſs, ſo that to have aſcend- ed to it was conſidered as a proof of perſeverance, courage and agility, whereof many are ſuppoſed to claim the ho- nour, who never atchieved the adventure; and to tip the
Blarney, 1s figuratively uſed for telling a marvellous ſtory, or fallity. (1r:h)
A BLASTED FELLOW or BRIMSTONE, (cant) an aban-
doned rogue or proſtitute, To BLAST, to curſe, BLEACHED MORT, a fair complex ioned wench.
BLEATERS, (cant) thoſe cheated by Jack in a box. See Jack in a box.
BLEATING CHEAT, (cant) a ſheep.
BLEEDING CULLY, one who parts eaſily wich his money, or blceds freely.
BLEw jon, aſh or after-wort.
BLIND, a feiar, pretence, a ſhift.
BLIND CHEEKS, the breech, Buts blind cheeks; kiſs mine 2 —ſe.
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BLIND HARPERS, beggars counterſeiting blindneſs, play-
ing on fiddles, &c,
BLINDMAN's BUFF, a play uſed by children, where one being blinded by a handkerchief bound over his eyes, attempts to ſeize any one of the company, who all endea- vour to avoid him; the perſon caught muſt be blinded in
his ſtead.
BLINDMAN's HOLIDAY, night, darkneſs.
BLocK HovUsEs, priſons, houſes of correction, &c.
BLooDY BACK, a jeering apellation for a ſoldier, alluding
to his ſcarlet coat,
B Loop, a riotous diſorderly fellow.
BLoss, (cant) the pretended wife of a bully, or ſhop lifter,
To BLOT THE SKRIP AND JARK IT, cant) i. e. to ſtand engaged, or bound for any one.
BLow, (cant) he has bit the blow, i. e. he has ſtolen the goods.
BLOWER, a miſtreſs or whore.
To BLOW THE GROUNDSILS, Cnr tk to he with a woman orkthe floor,
To BLow THE GAB, (cant) to. confeſs, or ampekc a
confederate, |
A Br OwsF, OR BLOWSABELLA, a woman whoſe hair is diſhevelled and hanging about her face, a flattern.
BLUBBER, the mouth, (cant) I have ſtopped the cul!*s hlub- ber, I have ſtopped the fellow's mouth, meant either by
gagging or murdering him.
To BLUBBER, to cry.
BLUE, to look blue, to be confounded, terrified, or diſ- appointed,
BLut DEvILs, low ſpirits.
BLUE PIDGEON FLIERS, thieves who ſtcal lead off houſes and churches, {cant}
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BLUE FLAG, he has hoiſted the blue flag, he has commenced publican, or taken a public houſe; alluding to the blue aprons worn by publicans. See admiral of the blue.
BTurr, fierce, ſurly; he looked as bluff as bull beef.
BLU PF ER, (cant) an inn keeper, c
BLUNDERBUSss, a ſhort gun with a wide bore, for carrying {lugs, alſo a ſtupid blundering fellow.
To BLUSTER, to talk big, to hector or bully.
BOARDINOG $CHOOL, Bridewell, Newgate, or any other priſon or houſe of correction.
Bos, (cant) a ſhoplifter's affiſtant, or one that receives and carries off the ſtolen goods. All is bob, all is ſafe. BosBBED, cheated, tricked, diſappointed.
BoB TAIL, (cant) a lewd woman, or one that plays with her tail, alſo an impotent man, or an eunuch. Tag, rag, and bobtail ; a mob of all ſorts of low people. To ſhift one's bob; to move off, or go away. |
BO DIES, the foot guards, or king's body guards.
Bopy $sNATCUERs, bum bailiffs.
Bos LANDER, an Iriſhman, Ireland being famous for its
large bogs, which furniſh the chief fuel in many parts of
that kingdom.
BoG TROTTER, the ſame,
Bog Hovsx, the neceſſary houſe. |
Bos LATIN, (1ri/þ) barbarous latin. See dog latin and apothecaries latin,
Bocy, aſk bogy, i. e. aſk: mine a—ſe, (ſea wit)
BOLT, a blunt arrow, bolt upright, as erect, or ſtraight up, as an arrow ſet on its end. |
To zor, to run ſuddenly out of one's houſe, or hiding place, through fear, a term borrowed from a rabbit war- ren, where the rabbits are made to bolt, by ſending ferrets
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into their burrows. We ſet the horſe on fire, and made him bolt. To bolt, alſo means to ſwallow meat without chewing. The farmer's ſervants in Kent are famous for bolting large quantities of pickled pork.
BoLTER OFT WHITE FRIARS, or the MinT, one that peeps out, but dares not venture abroad for fear of arreſts.
BONE Box, the mouth. Shut your bone box; ſhut your mouth, |
BoxE SETTER, a hard trotting horſe.
Boosy, or DOG BOOBY, an aukward lout, clodhopper, or country fellow. See clodhopper and lout: a bitch booby, a country wench,
BoorT CATCHER, the ſervant in an inn, whoſe buſineſs it 1s to clean the boots of the gueſts.
Boors, the youngeſt officer in a regimental meſs, whoſe
duty it is to {kink, that 1s to ſtir the fire, ſnuff the candles, and ring the bell. See ſkink.
Boor v, to play booty, cheating play, where . player purpoſely avoids winning.
BoRACHIo, a {kin for holding wine, commonly a goat's;
alſo a nick name for a drunkard.
BoRDE, a ſhilling, a half borde, ſixpence.
BoRDELLO, a bawdy houſe.
Bore, a bore, a tedious troubleſome man or woman, one who bores. the ears of his hearers with an unintereſting tale, a term much in faſhion about the years 1780, and 1781.
BoTHERED, or BOTH EARE D, talked to at both ears, by different perſons, at the ſame time, confounded, confuſed, (Iriſh phraſe) |
BoTTLE HEAD, void of wit.
BovuGgns, as he is up in the boughs, he is in a paſhon.
BoUNCER, a large man or woman, alſo a great he.
To BOUNCE, to brag or hector, alſo to tell an improbable ory,
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Bovvxs, (cant) a purſe,
BouNG NIPPER, (cant) a cut purſe,
Boos E, or BovsE, drink.
BoosEy, drunk, a
BowsING KEN, an alehouſe, or ginſhop.
BowsPRIT, the noſe, from its being the moſt projecting part of the human face, as the bowſprit is of a ſhip.
Bow wow, the childiſh name for a dog, alſo a jeering Tm pellation for a man born at Boſton, 1 in America,
Bow wow MUTTON, dog's fleſh.
BowYER, one that draws a long bow; a dealer in the
marvelious; a teller of improbable ſtories 3 a liar. Per-
haps from the wonderful ſhots frequently boaſted of by archers,
To Box THE COMPASS, (ſea term) to ſay or repeat the
mariner's compals, not only backwards or forwards, but alio to be able to anſwer any, and all queſtions reſpecting its diviſions,
To Box THE JEsVIT, AND GET COCK ROACHES, (% term) for maſturbation. A crime it is ſaid much practiſed by the reverend fathers of that ſociety,
BRACKET FACED, ugly, hard featured.
BRAGGET, mead and ale ſweetened with honey.
| BxaGGADOCIo, a vain glorious fellow, a boaſter.
BRANDY FACED, red faced, as if from drinking brandy. FRAT, a child or infant.
BRAZEN FACED, bold faced, ſhameleſs, impudent.
BRAY ; a vicar of Bray; one who frequently changes his principles, always ſiding with the ſtrongeſt party. An
alluſion to a vicar of Bray, in Berkſhire, commemorated
in a well-known ballad for the pliability of his conſcience. BREAKING SHINS, borrowing money; perhaps from the figurative operation being like the real one extremely
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BTA D BASKET, the ſtomach; a term uſed by boxers. I
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BREAD, employment. Out of bread; out of employ- ment. In bad bread ; in a diſagreeable ſcrape, or ſitu-
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| 1 BAE ECUE. To wear the breeches; a woman who go-
verns her huſband is ſaid to wear the breeches.
BREEZE. To kick up a breeze; to breed a diſturbance.
BRI. (abbreviation of brimſtone) an abandoned woman; perhaps originally only a paſſionate or jiraſcible woman,
compared to brimſtone for its inflammahility.
Bals Tol MILK, a Spaniſh wine called ſherry, much drank at that place, particularly in the morning. |
B&ISKET BEATER, a Roman catholic. See breaſt ſqua- dron and craw thumper,
rap E, a ſoldier. BUSKIN, a player. : 3 BUN OG, a brewer, Enzo co1F, a ſerjeant at law.
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| GUSSET, a pimp.
| QUILL, an author,
STRING, a fidler.
| \ WHIP, a coachman.
BROTHER STARLING, one who lies with the ſame wo-
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Brown BEss, a ſoldier's firelock. To hug brown beſs; to carry a firelock, or ſerve as a private ſoldier,
BROWN GEORGE, an ammunition loaf, B BROWN sTuDyY, ſaid of one abſent, or in a reverie,
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BrvisING, or rather BREWISING THE BED, bewraying
the bed, from
BrEweEs, or BROWEs, oatmeal boiled in the pot with ſalt beef, |
To BRUSH, to run away, Let us buy a bruſh and lope; let us get away, or off. To have a bruſh with a woman; to lie with her. To have a bruſh with a man; to fight with him. 5
BRUs HER, a bumper, a full glaſs. See bumper.
Bus, ſtrong beer.
BuBE, the venereal diſeaſe.
BUBBLE AND $QUEAK, beef and cabbage fried together. it is ſo called from its bubbling up and ſqueaking whilſt over the fire. |
To BUBBLE, to cheat. |
The BUBBLE, the party cheated; perhaps from his being like an air bubble, filled with words, which are only wind, inſtead of real property.
BuBBLy Jock, a turkey cock. (Scotch)
BUBBER, a drinking bowl, alſo a great drinker. A thief that ſteals plate from publick houſes. (cant)
Buck, a blind horſe, alſo a gay debauchee, To run 2 buck ; to poll a bad vote at an election. (Iriſb term)
BucKEEN, a bully. (1rifh)
BucKkErT ; to kick the bucket ; to die.
Buck FiTcy, a leacherous old fellow.
Buck's FACE, a cuckold,
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9 BuGHER, a little yelping dog.
1 BUGGY, a one horſe chaiſe.
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| BULK AND FILE, two pickpockets; the bulk joſtles the } party to be robbed, and the file does the buſineſs. 1 BULKER, one who lodges all night on a bulk or projection 4 before old faſhioned ſhop windows. Burr BEGGAR, Or BULLY BEGGAR, an imaginary being | 4 with
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BULL CHIN, a fat chubby child.
To BULLOCK, to heCtor, bounce, or bully.
BuLL, an Exchange-alley term for one who buys ſtock e on ſpeculation for time, i. e. agrees with a ſeller, called a bear, to take a certain ſum of ſtock at a future day, at a Rated price; if at that day, ſtock fetches more than the price agreed on, he receives the difference; if it falls or is cheaper, he either pays it, or becomes a lame duck and waddles out of the alley, See lame duck and bear.
BuLL, a blunder, from one Obadiah Bull, a blundering lawyer of London, who lived in the reign of Henry VII. by a bull, is now always meant a blunder made by an
Iriſhman. A bull was alſo the name of falſe hair, for- merly much worn by women: to look like bull beef, or
as bluff as bull beef, to look * or ſurly: town bull, a
great whore maſter.
BuLL CALF, a great hulkey or clumſy as: See
hulkey.
BUuLL's FEATHER, a horn, he wears the bull's feather, he
1s a cuckold,
BUuLL's EYE, a crown piece.
BULL voss, piſtols.
BULLY, a cowardly fellow, who gives himſelf airs of great bravery. A bully huff cap, a hector. See heCtor,
EULLX BACK, a bully to a bawdy houſe, one who is kept in pay, to oblige the frequenters of the houſe to ſubmit
to the impoſitions of the mother abbeſs, or bawd, and who alſo ſometimes pretends to be the huſband of one of | the ladies, and under that pretence extorts money from | greenhorns, or ignorant young men, whom he finds with
her. Sce greenhorn. BULLY COCK, one who foments quarrels in order to rob the perſons quarrelling.
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BULLY TRAP, a brave man with a mild or effeminate appearance, by whom bullies are frequently taken in.
BuwmBo, brandy, water, and ſugar; alſo the negroe name for the private parts of a woman,
Bum BAILI1FF, a ſheriff*s officer, who arreſts debtors, ſo called perhaps from following his prey, and being at their bums, or as the vulgar phraſe is, hard at their a—ſes. Blackſtone . ſays, it is a corruption of bound bailiff, from their being obliged to give bond for their good behaviour,
BUMMED, arreſted.
BuM BRUSHER, a ſchool maſter,
BUM BOAT, a boat attending ſhips to retail greens, drams, &c. commonly rowed by a woman; a kind of floating
8 chandler's ſhop.
Bum FODDER, ſoft paper for the neceſſary houſe or torchecul,
BUMFIDDLE, the backſide, the breech. See ars muſica.
BUMPER, a full glaſs, in all likelihood from its convexity or bump at the top ; ſome derive it from a full glaſs for- merly drank to the health of the pope, a la bon pere.
BUMKIN, a raw country fellow.
BuxTER, a low dirty proſtitute, half whore and half beggar,
BURNT, poxed or clapped : he was ſent out a ſacrifice, and came home a burnt offering; ſaying of ſeamen who have caught the venereal diſeaſe abroad.
BurN cost, jocular name for a baker.
BurN THE KEN, ſtrollers living in an alchouſe without
paying their quarters are ſaid to burn the ken. (cant) Bun THE PARADE, warning more men for a guard than were neceſlary, and len the fupernum for money, This was a practice formerly winked at in moſt D garriſons,
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adjutants and ſerjeant majors ;z the pretence for it was to
purchaie coal and candle tor the ny whence it was called burning the parade.
EuRNING SHAME, a lighted candle ſtuck into the private parts of a woman,
Bunk, a hanger on or dependent, an alluſion to che field burrs which are not eaſily got rid of. Alſo the Northum- brian pronunciation, the people of that country but chief- ly about Newcaſtle and Morpeth are ſaid to have a burr in their throats, particularly called the Newcaſtle burr.
BusHEL BUBBY, a full breaſted woman.
Buss BEGGAR, an old ſuperannuated fumbler, whom none but beggars will ſuffer to kiſs them.
BUTCHER, a jocular exclamation uſed at ſea, or by ſoldiers on a march, when one of their comrades falls down, and means, butcher ! butcher ! where are you? here is a calf that has the ſtaggers, and wants b'ceding. |
BuTTER, a butter, an inch of butter, that commodity be- ing ſold at Oxford by the yard, in rolls of about an inch diameter. I he word is uſed plurally, as © ſend me a roll and two butters,”
BUTTER Box, a Dutchman, from the great quantity of butter eaten by the people of that country.
BUTTER A BET, to double or triple it.
BUTTERED BUN, one lying with a woman that has juſt lain with another man, is ſaid to have a buttered bun,
Burr, a dependant or poor relation, or fimpleton, on whom all kinds of jokes are plaid, and who ſerves as a butt for all the ſhafts of wit and ridicule,
Rurrock, (cant) a whore.
BuTTOCK BROKER, (cant) a bawd, or match maker. But-
tock ball, copulation,
BUTTOCK. AND FILE, (cant) a common whore and 2
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BuTTOCK AND TWANG, or A DOWN BUTTOCK AND sHAM FILE, a common whore tut no pickpocket,
BuTTON, (cant) a bad ſhilling, among coiners.
BvzzARD, a funple fellow; a blind buzzard, a purblind man or woman.
Buzz A, to buzza one, is to challenge him to pour out all the wine in the bottle into his glaſs, undertaking to drink it, ſhould it prove more than the glaſs would hold ; it is commonly ſaid to one who hefitates to ey a bottle that it nearly out.
BYE BLow, a baſtard,
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Cacs, to cagg, a military term uſed by the private ſol- diers, ſignifying a folemn vow or cſolution not to get drunk for a certain time; or as the term is, till their cagg is out, which vow is commonly obſerved with the ſtricteſt exactneis: ex. I have cagg'd myſelf for fix months. Ex- cuſe me this time, and I will cagg myſelf for a year. This
term is alſo uſed in the ſame ſenſe among the common
people in Scotland, where it is performed with diverſe ceremonies.
Cake or CAKk Ex, a bolith fellow.
CaLiBoGus, rum and ſpruce beer, an American beverage,
CALF-$SKIN FIDDLE, a drum.
CALLE, (cant) a cloak or gown.
CAMBRIDGE OAK, a willow, |
CAMESA, (cant, Spaniſh) a ſhirt or ſhift.
CAMBRIDGE FORTUNE, a wind mill and a water mill; a woman without any but perſonal endowments.
CAMPBELL'S ACADEMY, the hulks or lighters, on board
of which felons are condemned to hard labour. Mr.
Campbell was the firft director of them. Sce academy and floating academy. |
CANARY BIRD, a jail bird, or perſon uſed to be kept in a cage, alſo in the canting ſenſe, guineas.
CANDY. drunk. (Iriſb term)
CaNnDi.EsTICKs, bad, ſmall or untuneable bells. Hark! how the candleſticks rattle,
CANK, dumb.
CAN NIKEN, a ſmall can, alſo in the canting ſenſe, the plague.
CANTICLE, a pariſh clerk,
CANTING, preaching with a whining affected tone, per- haps a corruption of chaunting ; Andrew Cant, a famous Scotch preacher, who uſed that whining manner of expreſſion, Alſo a kind of gibberiſh
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CanrT, an hypocrite, a double tongued pallavering fellow. See pallaver.
CANTERS, or the CANTING CREW, thieves, beggars and gypſies, or any others uſing the canting lingo. See lingo.
CANTERBUZ®Y 5TORY, a long roundabout tale.
To car, (cant) i© take one's oath, I will cap downright z I will twear home.
CAPER MERCHANT, a dancing maſter, or hop merchant z
Marchand des capriolles { French term) to cut capers, to leap or jump in dancing. See hop merchant.
CAPON, a caltrated cock, o an eunuch. CAPRICORNIFIED, cuckolded, hornified.
CAPTAIN, led captain, an humble dependant in a great family, who for a precarious ſubſiſtence and diſtant hopes of preterment ſuffers every kind of indignity, and is the
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CAPTAIN LIEUTENANT, meat between veal and beef; the fleſh of an old calf, a military ſimile, drawn from the officer of that denomination, who has only the pay of lieutenant, with the rank of captain, and ſo is not entirely one or the other, but between both.
CAPTAIN COPPERTHORNE'S CREW, all officers; a ſay- ing of a company where every one ftrives to rule,
CAPTAIN HACKUM, a bluftering bully.
CAPTAIN QUEERNABS, a ſhabby ill dreſſed fellow.
CAPTAIN SHARP, a cheating bully, or one in a ſet of
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CAPTAIN TOM, the leader of a mob, alſo the mob itſelf,
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CARAVAN, (cant) a large ſum of money, alſo a perſon cheated of ſuch ſum. .
CARBUNCLE FACE, a red face, full of pimples,
To carovsE, to drink freely or deep, from the German word expreſſing all out. |
CARRIERS, a ſet of rogues who are employed to look out, and watch upon the roads and inns, &c. in order to carry
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| CARRIONY HUNTER, an undertaker ; called alſo a cold 5 2 cook and death hunter. See cold cook and death hunter. | a | CanrRoTs, red hair. FE 0 aaorry PATED, ginger hackled, red haired. Ses | ginger hackled. 3 CaR Tx, the puniſhment formerly inflicted on bawds, 1 who were placed in a tumbrel or cart, and led through a = town, that their perſons might be known, : CARVEL's RING, the private parts of a woman. Hans 4
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CAsE, a houſe, perhaps from the Italian caſa. In the | canting lingo it meant ſtore or warehoule, as well as dwel- | | | ling houſe. Tout that caſe; mark or oblerve that houſe, | It is all bob, now let's dub the gigg of the caſe ; now the 1 coaſt is clear let us break open the door of the houſe.
A CASE VROW, a proſtitute attached to à particular bawdy | houſe, |
CAsH, or CAFFAN, cheeſe. (aut) See caſtan,
CASTING UP ONE'S ACCOUNTS, Vomiting,
CASTER, a cloak, (cant)
CATCH FART, a foot boy, fo called from ſuch ſervants commonly following clote behind their maſter or miſtreſs.
CATCHING HARVEST, a dangerous time for a robbery, when many periuns are on the road, on account of 2 horſe race, fair, or ſome other public meeting.
CATCH PENNY, any temporary contrivance to raile a contribution on the public.
CaTca POLE, a bum bailiff, or ſheriff's officer.
CAT, a common proſtitute ; an old cat, a crols old woman. Car, CATTING, SHOOTING THE CAT, to vomit from drunkenneſs.
CATHEDRAL, old faſhioned, an old cathedral bedſtead, chair, & c.
CAT LAP, tea, called alſo ſcandal broth, See ſcandal broth.
CaT's Foor, to live under the cat's foot, to be under the dominion of a wife, henpecked.
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Car or NINE TA1Ls, a ſcourge, compoſed of nine ſtrings of whipcord, each ſtring having nine nots.
CAT IN PAN, to turn cat in pan, to change ſides or party ſuppoled originally to have been to turn cate or cake in pan.
Car's pA, to be made a cat's paw of, to be made a tool, or inſtrument to accompliſh the purpoſe of another. An alluſion to the ſtory of a monkey, who made uſe of a cat's paw, to ſcratch a roaſted cheſnut out of the fire.
Car sricks, thin legs, compared to ſticks with which boys play at cat. See trapſticks.
CATER COUSINS, good friends, He and I are not cater
couſins, i. e. we are not friends.
CAT MATCH, when a rook or cully 1 is engaged amongſt
bad bowlers.
CATERWAULING, going out in the night. in ſearch of intrigues, like a cat in the gutters. | CAT WHIPPING, or WHIPPING THE CAT, a trick often practiſed on ignorant country fellows, vain of their ſtrength; by laying a wager with them, that they may be pulled through a pond by a cat; the bet being made, a rope 1s fixed round the waiſt of the party to be catted, and the end thrown acroſs the pond, to which the cat is alſo faſtened by a packthread, and three or four ſturdy fellows are appointed to lead and whip the cat, theſe on a ſignal given, ſeize the end of the cord, and pretending to whip the cat, haul the aſtoniſhed booby through the water.
CATTLE, ſad cattle, whores or gypſies, (cant) black cattle, lice,
CAvAULTING SCHOOL, a bawdy houſe,
CAUDGE PAWED, left handed.
CAULIFLOWER, a large white wig, ſuch as 1s commonly worn by the digni"edclergy, andwas formerly by phyſicians, Alto the private parts of a woman; the reaſon for this ap-
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CAuTIONs, THE FOUR CAUTIONS,—l. Beware of a wo- man before, —Il. Beware of a horſe behind. III. Be- ware of a cart ſide wa) s.—IV. Beware of a prieſt every way. |
Caw HANDED, Or CAW PAWED, aukward, not dexterous, ready or nimble.
Caxon, an old weather beaten wig.
CENT PER CENT, an uſurer.
CHAFED, well beaten. |
CHALKERsS, men of wit in Ireland, who in the night a- mu'e themſelves, with cutting inoffenſive paſſengers acroſs the face with a knife, They are ſomewhat like thoſe fa- cetious gentlemen, ſome time ago known in England, by the title of ſweaters and mohocks.
CHALKING, the amuſement above deſcribed.
CHaer, dry or thirſty,
ens the ſmoke of charren, his eyes water from the ſmoke of Charren, a man of that place coming out of his houſe, weeping becauſe his wife had beat him, told his ' neighbours the ſmoke had made his eyes water.
CHarTER BROTH, tea, See cat lap and ſcandal broth.
CHATTER BOX, one whoſe tongue runs twelve ſcore to the dozen ; a chattering man or woman.
CHaTTs, lice, (cant) perhaps an abreviation of chattels,
lice being the chief live ſtock or chattels of beggars, gyp⸗
ſies, and the reſt of the canting crew.
CHARM, a picklock, (cant) | CHARACTERED, or LETTERED, burnt in the hand. E | They
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burned him in the hand, (cant) See lettered. CHnaATEs, the gallows, ( cant)
CHAUNTER CULLs, Grub-ftrcet writers, who compoſe
ſongs, carrols, &c. for pallad fingers, (cant)
CHEATS, ſham ſleeves to put over a dirty ſhirt or ſhift. See ſhams.
CHEESE TOASTER, a ſword.
CHEEKS, aſk cheeks near cunnyborough, the repartec of a
St. Giles's fair one, who bids 22 aſk her backſide, anglice her a—ſe.
CHERUBINS, peeviſh children, becauſe cherubims and ſeraphims continually do cry.
CHERRY COLOURED CAT, a black cat, there being black chcrries as well as red.
CHICKEN HEARTED, fearful, cowardly.
CHCKEN HAMED, perſons whole legs and thighs are bent
or arched outwards,
CHICK A BIDDY, a chicken ſo called to, and by little children,
CHniLD, to eat a child, to partake of a treat given to the pariſh officers, in part of commutation for a baitard child. The common price was formerly ten pounds and a greaſy chin. See greaſy chin.
CHniMNEY chofs, an abuſive appellation for a negrce.
Curt, a child. A chip of the old block, a child who in perſon or ſentiments reſembles its father or mother.
Cn1es, a nick name for a carpenter. |
CHxirPING MERRY, eXhilarated with liquor; chirping glaſs, a chearful glaſs, that makes the company chirp like birds in ſpring.
Cn1rT, an infant or baby.
CHITTERLINS, the bowels; there is a rumpus among my chitterlins, 1 i. e. L have the cholick.
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CHive, or CHIFE, a knife, file, or ſaw; to chive the dar- bies, to file off the irons or fetters; to chive the boungs of the frows, to cut off womens pockets.
CHOCOLATE, to give chocolate without ſugar, to reprove, (military term)
Choice $PIRIT, a thoughtleſs, laughing, ſinging, drunken
fellow.
Crops, the mouth. I gave him a wherrit or a ſouſe acroſs the chops, I gave him a blow over r the mouth. See wherrit.
Crop AND CHANGE, to exchange backwards and forwards, to chop in the canting ſenſe, means making diſpatch, or hurrying over any buſineſs: ex, the autem bawler will ſoon quit the hams, for he chops up the whiners, the parſon will ſoon quit the pulpit, for he hurries over the prayers. See autem bawler, hums, and whiners.
A cHoPPING. BOY, or GIRL, a luſty child.
To cnovse, to cheat or trick, he chouſed me out of it. Chouſe is alſo a game like chuck farthing.
Cavs, he is a young chub, or a meer chub, a fooliſh fel. low eafily impoſed on, an alluſion to a fiſh of that name eaſily taken.
CHUBBY, round faced, plump.
CHUCKLE HEADED, ſtupid, thick headed,
CHUCK, my chuck, a term of endearment.
CHUCK FARTHING, a pariſh clerk.
CHUFFY, round faced, chubby.
A CHUM, a chamber fellow, particularly at the univerſi- ties and in priſons,
CHUMMAGE, money paid by the richer ſort of priſoners in
the Fleet and King's Bench, to the poorer for their ſhare of a room; when priſons are very full, which 1s too often the caſe, particularly on the eve of an inſolvent act, two
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CHURCH WARDEN, a Suſſex name for a ſhag, or cormo- rant, probably from their voracity.
CHURCH WORK, ſaid of any work that advances 15
CHURCH YARD COUGH, a cough that is likely to terminate in death,
CHuRL, originally a labourer or huſbandman, figuratively a rude furley booriſh fellow. To put a churl upon a gentleman, to drink malt liquor immediately after having drank wine.
CiNnDER GARBLER, a ſervant maid, from her buſineſs of ſifting the aſhes from the cinders, (Cu/tom-houſe wit )
C1iRCUMBENDIBUS, a round about way, or ſtory. He took ſuch a circumbendibus; he took ſuch a circuit.
Cir, a citizen of London, |
CIvILITY MONEY, a reward claimed by 22 8 for exe- cuting their office with civility.
5 RECEPTION, a houſe of civil reception, a bawdy houſe, or nanny houſe. See nanny houſe.
CLACK, a tongue, chiefly applied to women, a ſimile drawn from the clack of a water mill.
CLAMMED, ſtarved,
CLAx, a famil y's tribe or brotherhood; a word much uſed in Scotland. The head of the clan, the chief, an alluſion to a. ſtory of a Scotchman, who when a very large louſe crept down his arm, put him back again, ſaying he was che head of the clan, and that if injured, all the reſt would reſent it.
CLANK, a ſilver tankard, (cant)
CLANK NAPPER, a filver tankard ſealer, See rum bubler,
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CLaP ON THE SHOULDER, an arreſt for debt; whence 1 bum bailiff is called a ſhoulder clapper. |
CLAePER, the tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman. |
CLAPPER CLAW, to ſcold, to abuſe, or claw off with the tongue.
CLAPPERDOGEON, a ws ar born, (cant)
CLARET, French red wine, figurauvely blood, I tapped his claret ; I broke his head, and made the blood run. Claret faced, red taced.
CLAWED OFF, ſeverely beaten or whipped ; alſo ſmartly poxed or clapped.
CLEAR, very drunk, cant) The cull is clear, let's bite him; the fellow is very drunk, let's cheat him. |
CLEAVE, one that wall cleave, uſed of a forward or wan- ton woman. $2
Click, a blow, (cant) a click in the muns, a blow or knock in the face.
CLI1CKER, a ſaleſman's ſervant.
To cLick, to ſnatch, (cant) To click a nab; to ſnatch a hat. |
CLICKER, one who proportions out the different ſhares of the booty among thieves.
CLincn, a pun, or quibble. ' A clincher, or to clinch the
nail; to confirm an . improbable ſtory by another: as, a
man {wore he drove a tenpenny nail through-the moon, a
by ſtander ſaid it was true, for he was on the other ſide
and clinched it,
CLickerT, copulation of foxes, and thence uſed in a cant
ing ſenſe, for that of men and women; as, the cull and
the mort are at clicket in the dyke ; the man and woman
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CLEYMEs, artificial ſores, made by beggars to excite charity. |
CLI, to hug or embrace; to clip and cling. To clip the coin; to diminiſh the current coin. To clip the king's Engliſh ; to be unable to ſpeak plain through drunkenneſs,
CLINKERS, a kind of ſmall Dutch bricks; alſo irons worn by priſoners. A crafty fellow.
CLicCKMAN TOAD, a watch. An appellation for a Weſt- country man, ſaid to have ariſen from the following ſtory. -A Weſt country man who had never ſeen a watch, found one on a heath near Pool, which by the motion of the hand, and the noiſe of the wheels, he concluded to be a living creature of the toad kind, and from its clicking, he named it a clickman toad.
CLoAK TWITCHERs, rogues who lurk about the entrances into dark allies, and by lanes, to ſnatch cloaks from the ſhoulders of paſſengers.
CLoD HOPPER, a country farmer or plough man.
CLopD POLE, a dull heavy booby.
CLop PATE, the ſame,
CLosE FISTED, covetous or ſtingy. |
CLosE, as cloſe as God's curſe to a whore's a—ſe, cloſe as ſhirt and ſhitten 2—ſe. |
CLosn, a general name given by the mobility to Dutch
ſea men, being a corruption of Claus, the abbreviation of
Nicholas,” a natne very common among the men of that nation, : CLovp, tobacco. Under a cloud; in adverſity. CLOVEN, CLEAVE, or CLEFT, a term uſed for a woman, who paſſes for a maid, but is not one. CLOvEN FoorT, to ſpy the cloven foot in any buſineſs ; to diſcover ſome roguery or ſomething bad in it, A faying that
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Clover, to be, or live in clover; to live luxuriouſly,
Clover is the moſt defirable food for cattle.
A cLOUT, a blow, (cant) I'll give you a clout on your jolly nob; I'll give you a blow on the head. It alfa
means a handkercluef, Clouted ſhoon, ſhoes tipped with
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CLoWEs, rogues.
CLoy, toſteal. (cant) To cloy the clout; to ſteal the hand« kerchief, To cloy the lour; to ſteal money, (cant)
CLoYEs, thieves, robbers, Ke.
CLUB, a meeting, or aſſociation, where each man is to ſpend an equal and ftated ſum, called his club,
CLUB LAW, argumentum bacculinum, 1n which an oaken {lick is a better plea than an act of parliament.
Cuvek, to ſhew a propenſity for a man. The mort chucks ; the wench wants to be doing. | CLumPe, a lump, clumpiſh, lumpiſh, ſtupid.
CLuxcn, an aukward clowniſh fellow.
CLUTCHES, hands, gripe, power.
CLuTCH THE FIST, to clench or ſhut the hand. Clutch fiſted, covetous, ſtingy. See clole fiſted.
CLUTTER, a fiir, noiſe, or racket; what a confounded clutter here 1s.
CLY, money, (cant) alſo a pocket, He has filed the cly he has picked a pocket.
CLyY THE JERKX, to be whipped, (cant)
CLYSTER PIPE, a nick name for an apothecary.
I To COAX, to fondle, or wheedle. To coax a pair of
ſtockings, to pull down the part ſoiled into the ſhoes, ſo as to give a dirty pair of ſtockings the appearance of clean
ones, Coaxing is alſo uſed inſtead of daring, to hide the holes about the ancles.
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Cos, a Spanifh dollar.
Cogr R, a mender of ſhoes, an improver of the under: ſtandings of his cuſtomers. A tranflator.
CoBBLE, a kind of boat; alſo to mend, or patch, likewife to do a thing in a bungling manner,
CoBBLE COLTER, a turkey,
Cos, or coBBING, a puniſhment uſed by the ſeamen for petty offences, or irregularities among themſclves ;* it conſiſts in baſtonadoing the offender on the poſteriors with a cobbing ſtick, or pipe ſtaff; the number uſually infficted is 2 dozen. At the firſt ſtroke. the executioner repeats Þ the word watch, on which all perſons prefent are to take off their hats, on pain of like puniſhment : the laſt ſtroke is always given as hard as poſſible, and is called a purſe, Aſhore among ſoldiers, where this puniſhment is fome- times adopted, watch and the purſe arc not included in the number, but given over and above, or in the vulgar phraſe, free gratis for nothing. This piece of diſcipline, is alſo inflicted in Ireland, by the ſchool boys, on perſons coming into the ſchool without taking off their hats, it is there called ſchool butter,
Cock ALLEY, or cock LANE, the private parts of a Þ, woman. 55
Cock-Aa-wHoop, elevated, in high ſpirits, tranſported 7 | with joy. | _ |
Cock ALE, a provocative drink. F-
Cock AND A BULL STORY, a roundabout ſlory without | head or tail, i. e. beginning or ending. |
Cock BAWD, a male keeper of a bawdy houſe. ww
Cock piu, the ſuppoſed huſband of a bawd. |
CocKkisn, wanton, forward, A cockiſh wench, a forward coming girl.
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from the following ſtory : a citizen of London being in the country, and hearing a horſe neigh, exclaimed, Lord! how that horſe laughs! a by ftander telling him that noiſe was called neighing, the next. morning when the cock crowed, the citizen to ſhew he had not forgot what was told him, cried out, do you hear how the cock nerghs f
The king of the Cockneys is mentioned among the re- gulations for the ſports and ſhews, formerly held in the
Middle Temple on Childermas Day, with he had his Officers, a marſhall, conſtable, butler, &, Sce Dug- dale's Origines Juridiciales, p. 247.
COCK ROBIN, a oft eaſy fellow Cock SURE, quite certain,
CocKkER, one fond of the diverſion of cockfighting.
Cock YOUR EYE, ſhut one eye, thus tranſlated into apo- thecaries latin, gallus tuus ego.
CocKksHUT TIME, the evening when fowls go to rooſt, Cop, a cod of money, a good ſum of money.
Cops, nick name for a curate, A rude fellow meeting a curate, miſtook him for the rector; and accoſted him with the vulgar appellation of, Bol—ks the rector, No, Sir, anſwered he, only Cods the curate, at your ſervice.
CoDDERs, perſons employed by the gardeners to gather peaſe, ;
CoDGER, an old codger, an old fellow.
Cop's HEAD, a ſtupid fellow.
Cop PIECE, the fore flap of a man's breeches. Do they bite, maſter ; where, in the cod piece or collar? a jocular attack on a patient angler, by watermen, &c,
Cos, to cheat with dice; to cog a die, to conceal or ſe- cure a die; alſo the money, or whatſoever the ſweetners drop to draw in a hubble ; alſo to coax or wheedle;z to cog a dinner, to wheedle one out of a dinner.
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CoFFEE HOUSE, a neceſſary houſe, to make a coffee houſe of a woman's ***, to go in and cut and ſpend nothing,
CoKER, a lye.
CokkEs, the fool in the play or Bartholomew fair, and hence (perhaps) the word coxcomh.
COoLCANNON, potatoes and cabbage pounded together in a mortar and then ſtewed with butter, an Iriſh diſh.
Corp cock, an undertaker of funerals, or carrion hunter. See carrion hunter,
Corp BURNING, a puniſhment infli&ed by private ſoldiers on their comrades for trifling offences, or breach of their meſs laws; it is adminiſtered in the following manner. The priſoner is ſet againſt the wall with the arm which is to be burned tied as high above ig head as poſſible, the executioner then aſcends a ſioo!, and having a bottle of cold water, pours it flowly down the flecve of the delin- quent, patting him and leading the water cently down his body till it runs out of his breeches knees, this is repeated to the other arm if he is ſentenced to be burned in both.
Cook RUFFIAN, Who road the devil in his feathers, a bad cook, |
Cool RAE, a ſhroud.
COOLER, a woman.
Coor LADY, a female follower of the camp who ſells brandy. |
CooL TAXKARD, wine and water, with lemon, ſugar, and burrage.
Cool NANT2, .brandy.
CoLE, money. Poſt the cole, pay down the money,
CoLlANDER, or CORIANDER SEEDS, money.
COLLEGE, Newgate, or any other priſon ; New College, the Royal Exchange.
CoLLEGIATEs, priſoners of the one, and ſhopkeepers of the other of thoſe places,
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COLQUARRON, a man's neck, (cant) his colquarron is juſt
about to be twiſted, he is juſt going to be hanged.
CoLT, one who lets horſes to highwaymen, (cant) alſo a boy newly initiated into roguery ; a grand or petty jury- man on his firſt aſſize. STE
CoLTAGE, a fine or beverage, paid by colts on their firſt entering into their office,
CoLT BOWL, laid ſhort of the jack by a colt bowler, i, e. a perſon raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.
CoLT VEAL, coarſe red veal, more like the fleſh of a colt, than that of a horſe,
Con, to comb one's head; to clapperclaw, or ſcold any one; a woman who lectures her huſband, is ſaid to comb his head, She combed his head with a joint ſtool ; ſhe threw a ſtool at him. 1
Cox, to come; to lend, (cant) has he come it? has he lent it? to come over any one; to cheat or over reach him; coming wench; a forward wench, alſo a breeding woman. COMMISSION, a ſhirt, (cant)
CoMMODE, a woman's head dreſs,
CommonITY, a woman's commodity ; the private parts of a modeſt woman, and the public parts of a proſtitute,
Commons, the houſe of commons, the neceſſary houſe.
COMFORTABLE IMPORTANCE, a Wife,
ConFEcT, counterfcited.
Cox ER, to conger, the agreement of a ſet or knot of bookſellers of London, that whofnever of them ſhall buy a good copy, the reft ſhall take off
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CoNnTENT, a thick liquor, in imitation of chocolate, made of m k and gingerbread. |
ConveNnIeNnT, a miſtreſs, (cant)
ConunDRUMs, enigmatical conceits.
Cox, or TOM cox, a filly fellow.
Coor Eo vr, impriſoned, confined like a fowl in a coop.
Coquer, a jilt.
Cokix TR, a bawdy houſe, (cant)
CorinTHIANS, frequenters of brothels ; alſo an impudent brazen faced fellow, perhaps from the corinthian braſs.
Cork BRAINED, light headed, fooliſh.
CoRNED, drunk. | |
CoRNIsH HUGG, a particular lock in wreſtling, peculiar to the people of that country,
CoRNY FACED, a very red pimpled face.
Cox ORAL, to mount a corporal and four; to be guilty of onaniſin ; the thumb is the corporal, the four fingers the privates, |
CORPORATION, a large belly. He has a glorious cor- poration; he has a very prominent belly.
CoRPORATION, the magiſtrates, &c. of a corporate town, Corpus fine ratio. Freeman of a corporation's work ; nei- ther ſtrong nor handſome.
CosTARD, the head. UI Il ſmite your coſtard; I'll give you a knock of the head.
CosTARD MONGER, a dealer in fruit, particularly apples. CossEr, a foundling. Coſſet colt, or lamb; a colt or lamb brought up by hand.
CoTTEREL, vir James Cotterel's fallet ; hemp. (Triſh) Sir James Cotterel was hanged for a rape.
Cor, or-qQyoT, a man who meddles with woman's houſe— hold buſineſs, particularly in the kitchen; the puniſhment
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clout to the Kirts of his coat.
CoTswOULD LION, a ſheep. Cotſwould in Glouceſter- ſhire, is famous for its breed of ſheep.
Cove, a man, a fellow, a rogue; (cant) the cove was bit, the rogue was out-witted; the cove has bit the cole, the rogue has got th. money. |
CovENT GARDEN AGUE; the venereal diſeaſe.
CovENT GARDEN ABBESS, a bawd,
CovENT GARDEN NON, a proſtitute.
Cover, a collection of whores, What a fine covey here is, if the devil would but z/row his net.
CovenTRyY, to ſend one to Coventry, a puniſhment in- flicted by officers of the army, on tuch of their brethren
as are teſty, or have been guilty of improper behaviour, not worthy the cognizance of a court martial, The perſon ſent to Coventry is confadered as abſent; no one may ſpeak to him, or an{wer any queſtion he aſks, except relative to duty, under penalty of being alſo ſent to the ſame place. On a proper tubmiſſion, the penitent 1s recalled, and welcomed by the mels, as juſt returned from a journey to Coventry.
To couch A HOGSHEAD, to lie down to ſleep, (cant)
COUNTERFEIT CRANK, a general cheat who occationally aſſumes all forts of characters, alſo one counterteiting the falling ſickneſs.
CovnTRyY PUT, an ignorant country fellow.
CouRT CARD, a gay fluttering coxcomb.
CouRT HOLY WATER, fair ſpeeches and promiſes, with-
CoUuRT PROMISES, out performance,
Cow's spovskE, a bull. |
Cow's BABY, a calf.
Cow, to ſleep like a cow, i. e. with a **** at one's a—ſe,
ſaid of a married man; married men being ſuppoſed to
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All you that in your beds do lie,
Turn to your wives and occupy, And when that you have done your bit, Turn a—ſe to a—ſe, and take your reſt.
Cow HEARTED, fearful. Cow HANDED, aukward.
Cow's THUMB, done to a cow's thumb, done exactly.
CRAB LOVUSE, a ſpecies of louſe: peculiar to the human
body ; the male 1s denominated a cock, the female a hen.
CRAB, to catch a crab, to fall backwards by miſſing one's ſtroke in rowing.
CRAB LANTHORN, a peeviſh fellow.
CRAB SHELLS, ſhoes, (1rifh)
CRABBED, ſour, ill tempered, difficult.
Crack, a whore; crackiſh, whoriſhz to crack, to boaſt or brag ; alſo to break; I cracked his napper, I broke his head.
CRACKER, cruſt, fea biſket, or ammunition loaf, alſo the backſide. Farting-crackers, breeches. |
CRACKMANS, hedges. The cull thought to have loped, by breaking through the crackmans, but we fetched him back by a nope on the coſtard, which ſtopped his jaw; the man thought to have eſcaped by breaking through
the hedge, but we brought him back by a great blow on |
the head, which laid him ſpeechleſs.
RA, the neck.
CRAMP RINGS, bolts, ſhackles, or fetters, (cant)
CRAMP WORDS, ſentence of death pailed on a criminal, by a judge; (cant) he has juſt undergone the cramp word, ſentence has juſt been paſled on him.
CRANK, gin and water, alſo briſk, pert,
CRAP, or CROP, Money,
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CRASHING CHEATS, teeth,
CRAW THUMPER, a Roman catholic, ſo called from their beating their breaſts in the confeſſion of their fins. See briſket beater, and breaſt fleet.
CREAM POT LOVE, ſuch as young fellows pretend to dairy
maids, to get cream and other good things from them.
To REER, (cant) to flip or ſlide any thing into the hands of another, |
CRE, a knot or gang, alſo a boat or ſhip's company. The canting crew are thus divided into twenty-three orders, which ſee under the different words:
M E N. 1 Rufflers, 10 Freſh water ma- 2 Upright men, riners or whip 3 Hookers or anglers, jackes, 4 Rogues, 11 Dummerers, 4 Wild rogues, 12 Drunken tinkers, 6 Priggers of prancers, || 13 Swadders or ped- 7 Palliardes, lars, 8 Fraters, 14 Jarkmen or patri- 9 Abrams, | coes.
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4 Autem morts, 9 Kinching coes.
To cz1B, to purloin, or appropriate to one's own uſe, part
of any thing intruſted to one's care.
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CxIBBEYS, Or CRIBRBY ISLANDS, blind a'lies., courts, or
bye ways; perhaps from the houjes built there being cribbed out of the common way or paſſage; and iflands, from the fimilarity of ſound to the Caribbee Iflands.
CRM. CON, MONEY, damages directed by a jury to be
paid by a convicted adulterer, to the injured huſband, for criminal converſation with his wife. |
Crimp, a broker or factor; as a coal crimp, who difpoſes of the cargoes of the Newcaſtle coal ſhips ; alſo perſons employed to trapan or kidnap recruits for the Eaſt Indian and African companies, To crimp or play crimp ; to play foul or booty; alſo a cruel manner of cutting up fith alive, practiſed by the London fiſhmongers, in order to make it eat firm, cod and other crimped fiſh being a fa- vourite diſh among voluptuaries and epicures.
CxinKumMs, the foul or venereal difeaſe.
CRIPPLE, fix pence, that piece being commonly much bent and diſtorted. |
CR15PIN, a ſhoe maker, from a romance, wherein a prince of that name is ſaid to have exerciſed the art and my- ſtery of a ſhoe maker, thence called the gentle craft; or rather from the ſaints Criſpinus and Criſpianus, who, ac- cording to the legend, were brethren born at Rome, from whence they travelled to Soiſſoas in France, about the year 303, to propagate the Chriſtian re 1gion, but becauſe they would not be chargeable to others for their main-
tenance, they exerciſed the trade of ſhoe makers; the go- . |
vernor of the town diſcovering them to be Chriſtians, or- dercd them to he beheaded about the year 303, from
which time they have been the tutelar ſaints of the ſhoe.
makers.
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ST. CRISPIN's LANCE, an awl.
CxoOk BACK, fix-pence, For the reaſon of this name ſce cripple. |
CAOAKUMSHIRE, Northumberland, from the particular croaking in the pronunciation of the people of that county, eſpecially about Newcaftle and Morpeth, where they are faid to be born with a burr in their throats, which prevents their pronouncing the letter R.
CaocKkeERs, foreſtallers, called alſo kidders and tranters.
Crocus, or CROCUs METALLORUM, a nick name for the ſurgeons of the army and navy.
CROKER, a groaf, or four pence,
Caoxv, an intimate companion, a camarade, alſo a con- federate in a robbery.
CRop, money. See crap, (cant)
CROP THE CONJUROR, jeering appellation of one with
{ſhort hair.
CRors tek, ſickneſs in the ſtomach, ariſing from drun- kenneſs. |
CRoPPEN, the tail. (cant) The croppen of the rotan ; the tail of the cart. Croppen ken; the neceſſary houle.
CRaoss BITE, one who combines with a {harper to draw in a friend, (cant) alſo to counteract, or diſappoint.
CRoss PATCH, a peeviſh boy or girl.
CRross, to come home by weeping croſs; to repent at the concluſion,
To crow, to brag, boaſt, or triumph. To crow over any one; to keep him in ſubjection, image drawn from a
cock, who crows over a vanquiſhed enemy. To pluck a
crow ; to reprove any one for a fault committed, to ſettle 2 diſpute. To ſtrut like a crow in a gutter; to walk proudly, or with an air of conſequence,
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Crowe FAIR, a viſitation of the clergy, See review of
the black cuiraſſers.
CROWN OFFICE, the head,
CruisERs, beggars, or highway ſpies, who averſe the road, to give intelligence of a booty: alſo rogues ready to ſnap up any booty that may offer, like privateers or pirates on a cruiſe. gun, one who helps ſolicitors to affidavit men, or falſe witneiles, I with you had, Mrs. Crump, a Glouceſter- ſhire 1aying, in anſwer to a wiſh for any thing; implying you muſt not expect any aſſiſtance from the ſpeaker. It is ſaid to have originated from the following incident: One Mrs. Crump, che wife of a ſubſtantial farmer, dining with the old Lady Coventry, who was extremely deaf; ſaid to one of the footmen, waiting at table, I wiſh I had a draught of ſmall beer, her modeſty not permitting her to defire fo fine a gentleman to bring it; the fellow con- ſcious that his miſtreſs could not hear either the requeſtz or anſwer, replied without moving, I wiſh you had, Mrs. Crump : theſe wiſhes being again repeated by-both par- - ties, Mrs. Crump got up from the table to fetch it herſelf, and being aſked by my Lady where ſhe was going, related what had paſſed : the ſtory being told abroad, the expreſ-
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CRrUMP BACKED, bump backed.
CRUSTY BEAU, one that uſes paint and coſmetics, to ob- tain a fine complexion, | | CRUSTY FELLOW, a ſurly fellow.
Cvus, an unlicked cub; an unformcd, ill educated young man, a young nobleman, or gentleman on his travels; an alluſion
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CucuMBERs, taylors who are jocularly ſaid to ſubſiſt dur» ing the ſummer, chiefly on cucumbers, |
Cuckorp, the huſband of an incontinent wife. Cuckolds are however chriſtians, as we learn by the following ſtory, An old woman hearing a man call his dog, cuckold, re- proved him ſharply, ſaving, firrah, are not you aſhamed to call a dog by a chriſtian's name. |
Corr, an old cuff; an old man. To cuff Jonas, ſaid of one who is knock kneed, or who beats his fides to keep himſelf warm in froſty weather; called alſo beating the booby, |
CUuFFIN, a man.
Cv1.1, a man, honeſt or otherways; (cant) A good natured quiet feliow.
CULLY, a fop or fool, alto a dupe to women,
CULLABILITY, a diſpoſition liablefto be cheated, an un- ſuſpecting nature, open to 1mpoſi.ion,
CULP, a kick or a blow.
Cox Dux, the dried gut of a ſheep, worn by men in the act of coition, to prevent venereal infection, laid to have been invented by one Colonel Cundum. Thete machines were long prepared, and ſold by a matron of the name of
cull, a
Philips, at the green caniſter in Half-moon-{treet, in the ; Strand, That good lady having acquired a fortune, retired from buſineſs; but learning that the town was not well ſerved by her ſucceſſors, out of a patriotick zeal for the public welfare, returned to her occupation, of
which ſhe gave notice, by diverſe hand bills, in circula- tion in the year 1776.
CunnNy THUMB'D, to double one's fiſt with the thumb inwards, like a woman,
CunnixNG SHAVER, a ſharp fellow, one that trims cloſe,
i. e. cheats ingenioully,
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Mr. CUnNINGHAM, a punning appellation for a ſimple fellow. |
Cop $sHoOT, drunk.
Cue or THE CREATURE, a cup of good liquor.
Cvy1D, BLinD Cupip, a jeering name for an ugly blind man: Cupid the god of love being frequently painted blind.
CurBiNG LAw, to hook goods cut of ns (cant) the curber is the thief, the curb the hock.
CuR, a cut or curtailed dog. According to the forreſt laws, a man who had no right to the privilege of the chace, was obliged to cut or law his dog ; among other modes of diſabling him from diſturbing the game, one was by depriving him of his tail, a dog ſo cut was called a cut or curtailed dog, and by contraction a cur, A cur is figuratively uſed to ſignify a ſurly fellow.
CurLE, clippings of money, which curls up in the
operation. (cant )
CuRRy, to curry favour, to obtain the favour of a perſon by coaxing, or ſervility; to curry any one's hide, to beat him.
CUuRsE or SCOTLAND, the nine of diamonds. Diamonds, it is ſaid, imply royalty, being ornaments to the imperial crown, and every ninth king of Scotland, has been ob- ſerved for many ages, to be a tyrant and a curſe to that country.
CuRs1ToRs, broken pettyfogging attornies, or Newgate ſollicitors. (cant)
CurTAILs, thieves who cut off pieces of ſtuff hanging out of ſhop windows, the tails of women's gowns, &c. alſo thieves wearing thort jackets,
CURTAIN LECTURE, a woman who ſcolds her huſband when in bed, is ſaid to read him a curtain lecture.
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CURTEZAN, a proſtitute, Cus1410N, he has deſerved the cuſhion, a ſaying of one
- whoſe wife is brought to bed of a boy, implying that
having done his buſineſs effectually, he may now indulge or repoſe himſelf.
Cor, drunk; a little cut over the head, ſlightly intoxi-
cated; to cut, to leave a perſon or company; to cut
up well, to die rich, To cuT BENE, to ſpeak gently, (cant) To cut bene whiddes, to give good words; to cut queer whiddes, to
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AB, an adept; a dab at any feat or exerciſe ; dab, quoth Dawkins, when he hit his wife on the a—ſe with a pound of butter.
Dace, two pence; (cant) tip me a dace, lend me two-
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DavvLEs, hands; (cant) tip us your daddle, give me your hand,
Daisy CUTTER, a jockey term for a horſe, that does not lift up his legs ſufficiently, or goes too near the ground, and is therefore apt to ſtumble.
DAISY KICKER, hoſtlers at great inns,
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bob wig, firſt worn by a chymiſt of that name, and after. wards adopted by tradeſmen, apothecaries, &c.
DaMBER, a raſcal, See dimber.
DAMME Boy, a roaring, mad bluftering fellow, a ſcourer of the ſtreets, or kicker up of a breeze,
Dam, a ſmall Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code of laws, hence etymologiſts may, if they pleaſe, derive the common expreſſion, IJ do not care a dam, i. e. I do not care half a farthing for it.
DaurR, a luncheon, or ſnap before dinner, ſo called
from its damping, or allaying the appetite; eating and drinking being, as the proverb wilely obſerves, apt to take away the appetite,
DaxcEss, ſtairs,
Danvy PRAT, an infignificant, or trifling fellow.
Dandy GREY RUSSET, a dirty brown.
DaxGLE, to dangle, to follow a woman without aſking the queſtion, |
DanGLER, one who follows women in general, without any particular attachment, alſo to be hanged ; I ſhall fee
you dangle in the ſheriff's picture frame, I ſhall fee you.
hanging on the gallows,
DAPPER FELLOW, a ſmart well made little man.
Darsy, ready money, (cant) |
DarBtes, fetters, (cant)
DaRKMaANs, the night, (cant)
DarKMAN's BUDGE, one that ſlides into a houſe in the dark of the evening, and hides himſelf, in order to let ſome of the gang 1n at night to rob it.
DARK cUuLLyY, a married man that keeps a miſtreſs,
whom he viſits only at night, for fear of diſcovery, DasH, a tavern drawer; to cut a daſh, to make a figure.
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Dawz, to dawb, to bribe ; the cull was ſcragged becauſe he could not dawb, the rogue was hanged becauſe he. could not bribe ; all bedawbed with lace, all over lace.
Davy, Pl _ my davy of it, vulgar abbreviation of affidavit.
Dayip's sow, as drunk as David's ſow, a common ſay- ing, which took its rife from the following circumſtance : one David Lloyd, a Welchman, who kept an alehouſe at Hereford, had a living ſow with fix legs, which was greatly reſorted to by the curious; he had alſo a wife much
addicted to drunkenneſs, for which he uſed ſometimes to
give her due correction. One day David's wife having taken a cup too much, and being fearful of the conſe- quences, turned out the ſow, and laid down to ſleep her-
{elf ſober, in the ſtye. A company coming in to ſee the
ſow, David uſhered them into the ſtye, exclaiming there is a ſow for you! did any of you ever ſee ſuch another? all the while ſuppoſing the ſow had really been there; to which ſome of the company, ſeeing the ſtate the woman was in, replied it was the drunkeneſt ſow they had ever beheld; whence the woman was ever after called David's ſow. Day Lions, eyes, to darken one's day lights, or ſow up his ſees, to cloſe up a man's eyes in boxing.
DEAD MEN, a cant word among journeymen bakers, for
loaves falſely charged to their maſter's cuſtomers z alſo empty bottles.
DEADLY, never green, that bated fruit all the year round,
the gallows, or three legged mare. See three legged mare. Dean CARGO, a term uſed by thieves, when they are diſ- appointed in the value of their booty.
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DamMBER, a raſcal, See dimber,
Daun Boy, a roaring, mad bluſtering fellow, a ou of the ſtreets, or kicker up of a breeze,
Dam, a ſmall Indian coin, mentioned in the Gentoo code
of laws, hence etymologiſts may, if they pleaſe, derive the common expreſſion, I do not care a dam, i, e. I do not care half a farthing for it. Dames, a luncheon, or ſnap before dinner, ſo called from its damping, or allaying the appetite; eating and
drinking being, as the proverb wilely obſerves, py to take
away the appetite,
DanxcEess, ſtairs,
DanvDy PRAT, an infignificant, or trifling fellow.
DANDY GREY RUSSET, a dirty brown.
DaxGLE, to dangle, to follow a woman without aſking the queſtion,
DanGLER, one who follows women in general, without any particular attachment, alſo to be ee 1 ſhall ſee you dangle in the ſheriff's picture frame, I ſhall fee you 3 on the gallows.
DAPPER FELLOW, a ſmart well made little man.
DarBy, ready money, (cant)
DARBIESs, fetters, (cant)
DARK MANs, the night, (cant) |
DaRRKNMAN's BUDGE, one that ſlides into a houſe in the dark of the evening, and hides himſelf, in order to let ſome of the gang in at nignt to rob it.
Dark CULLY, a married man that keeps a miſtreſs,
whom he viſits only at night, for fear of diſcovery. Dasn, a tavern-drawer ; to cut a daſh, to make a figure. Davip Jonxs, the dern, the ſpirit af the ſea, called Neken
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Davip Joxzs's LOCKER, the ſea,
Dawz, to dawb, to bribe; the cull was ſcragged becauſe he could not dawb, the rogue was hanged becauſe he could not bribe; all bedawbed with lace, all over lace.
Davy, I'll take my davy of it, vulgar abbreviation of affidavit.
Davip's sow, as drunk as David's ſow, a common ſay- ing, which took its riſe from the following circumſtance : one David Lloyd, a Welchman, who kept an alchouſe at Hereford, had a living ſow with fix legs, which was greatly reſorted to by the curious; he had alſo a wife much addicted to drunkenneſs, for which he uſed ſometimes to give her due correction. One day David's wife having taken a cup too much, and being fearful of the conſe- quences, turned out the ſow, and laid down to ſleep her- {elf ſober, in the ſtye. A company coming in to ſee the ſow, David uſhered them into the ſtye, exclaiming there is a ſow for you! did any of you ever ſee ſuch another? all the while ſuppoſing the ſow had really been there; to which ſome of the company, ſeeing the ſtate the woman was in, replied it was the drunkeneft ſow they had ever beheld ; whence the woman was ever after called David's ſow. :
Day Lions, eyes, to darken one's day lights, or ſow up his ſees, to cloſe up a man's eyes in boxing.
DEAD MEN, a cant word among journeymen bakers, for loaves falſely charged to their maſter's cuſtomers ; alſo empty bottles.
DEADLY, never green, that bears fruit all the year round,
the gallows, or three legged mare. See three legged mare. Dear carco, a term uſed by thieves, when they are diſ-
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DEAD HnoR5E, to work for the dead horſe, to work for wages already paid.
Dear Jors, Iriſh men, from their frequently making uſe of that expreſſion,
DEATH HUNTER, an undertaker, one who furniſhes the neceſſary articles for funerals. See carrion hunter.
DEAaTH's HEAD UPON A Mor STICK, a poor miſerable emaciated fellow, one quite an otomy. See .
DEcvs, a crown piece.
DEeFrT FELLOw, a neat little man.
DEGEN, or DAGEN, a ſword; (cant) nim the degen, ſeal.
the ſword. Dagen is Dutch for a ſword,
DELLs, young buxom wenches, ripe and prone to venery, but who have not loft their virginity, which the upright man claims by virtue of his prerogative, after which they become free for any of the fraternity, (cart) alſo a com- mon ſtrumpet.
DEM REP, abbreviation of demy reputation, a woman of doubtful eee
DERi1cK, the name of the finiſher of the law, or hangman, about the year 1608. For he rides his circuit with the devil, and Derrick muſt be his hoſt, and Tiburne the inne at which he will lighte. Vide Bell man of London in art. of prigging law. At the gallows, where I leave them, as
to the haven at which they muſt all caſt anchor, if Der-
rick's cables do but hold, Ibid.
DEvir, a printer's errand boy, alſo a ſmall thread in the king's ropes and cables, whereby they may be diſtin- guiſhed from all others. The devil himſelf, a ſmall ſtreak of blue thread in the king's fails, The devil may dance in his pocket, i. e. he has no money; the croſs on our ancient coins being jocularly ſuppoled to prevent him from viſiting that place, for fear, as it is ſaid, of breaking his ſhins againſt it; to hold a candle to the devil, to be Civil to any one out of fear, in alluſion to the ſtory of the
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DEviL cArchER, or DEVIL DRIVER, a parſon. See
ſnub devil. DEVIL DRAWER, a miſerable painter, DEvIL's, DAUGHTER'S PORTION,
Deal, Dover and Harwich,
The devil gave with his daughter in marriage; And by a codicil to his will,
He added Helvoet and the Brill,
A ſaying occaſioned by the ſhameful impoſitions, prac- tiſed by the inhabitants of thoſe places, on ſailors and travellers,
DEvir's Books, cards.
Devir's GUTSs, a ſurveyor's chain, ſo called by farmers, who do not like their land ſhould be meaſured by their landlords,
DrusEA VILLE, the country, (cant)
DEusEA VILLE STAMPERS, country carriers, (cant)
Dew BEATERs, feet, (cant)
Drws wins, or DEUX WINs, two-pence, (cant)
DEwiTTED, torn to pieces by a mob, as that great ſtateſ-
man John de Wit was in Holland, anno 1672.
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Diek, the names of falſe dice:
A bale of hard cinque deuces, A bale of flat cinque deuces, A bale of flat ſice aces,
A bale of bard cater traes,
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A bale of light graniers,
A bale of langrets contrary to the ventage,
A bale of gordes, with as many highinen as lowmen, for paſſage.
A bale of demies,
A bale of long dice for even and odd,
A bale of briſtles,
A bale of direct contraries.
Dirpo, an implement reſembling the virile member, for which it is ſaid to be ſubſtituted, by nuns, boarding ſchoo! miſſes, and others obliged to celibacy, or fearful of pregnancy, Dildoes are made of wax, horn, leather, and diverſe other ſubſtances, and if fame does not lie more than uſually, are to be had at many of our great toy ſhops and nick nackatories.
D1LLY, an abbreviation of the word diligence, a public voiture or ſtage, commonly a poſt chaiſe, carrying three perſons ; the name 1s taken from the public ſtage vehi- cles, in France and Flanders. The Dillies firſt began to
run in England, about the year 1779.
Di1MBER, pretty; (cant) a dimber cove, a pretty fellow;
dimber mort, a pretty wench.
DI1iMBER DAMBER, a top man, or prince among the
canting crew, alſo the chief rogue of the gang, or the compleateſt cheat, (cant)
DixG, to knock down, (cant) to ding it in one's ears, to reproach or tell one ſomething one is not defirous of hearing,
Dix Boy, a rogue, a hector, bully, or ſharper, (cant)
Dix DoNG, peer Kelter, in a haſty diſorderly manner.
Dix CEN ile a mulatto, or any one who has, as the Weſt Indian term is, a lick of the tar bruſh, chat is, ſome negroe blood in them.
DieeExs, anabaptiſts.
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born, wigs of qifferent ſorts were (it is ſaid) put into a cloſe ſtool box, into which for three-pence any one might dip, or thruſt in 5 hand, and take out the firſt wig he laid hold of; if he was diſatisficd with his prize, he might on pay ing three halfpence, return it, and dip again.
Dir, pawned or mortgaged,
DiRTY PUZZLE, a naſty flat,
Dis6visED, drunk.
D1is6RUNTLED, offended, diſobliged.
DisMAL DITTY, the pſalm ſung by the felons at the gallows, juſt before they are turned off,
Disnc LOUT, a dirty greatly woman; he has made a nap- kin of his diſhclout, a ſaying of one who has married his cook maid ; to pin a diſhelout to a man's tail, a puniſh- ment often threatened by the female ſervants in a kitchen, to a man who * too minutely into the ſecrets of that place.
DisPATCHES, a mittimus, or juſtice of the peace's warrant, for the commitment of a rogue,
DiveR, a pick pocket, alto one who lives in a cellar,
Dive, to dive, to pick a pocket; to dive for a dinner, to go down into a cellar to dinner. A dive, is a thief who ſtands ready to receive goods thrown out to him, by a little boy put in at a window, (cant }
DNivipe, to divide the houſe with one's wife, to give her the outſide, and to Keep all the inſide to one's ſelf, 1, e. to turn her into the ſtreet.
Do ovER, do any one over, to rob or cheat him; I have done him over, { have robbed him.
DoMixE Do LITTLE, an impotent old fellow,
Doasn, a cloak, (cant )
Dock, to lie with a woman; the cull dockt the dell all the H 2 darkman's,
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DocToR, milk and water, with a little rum, and ſome nutmeg : allo the name of a compoſition uſed. by diſtillers, to make ſpirits appear ſtronger than they really are, or in their phraſe, better proof, |
Docrtors, loaded dice, that will run but two or three chances; they put the doctors upon him, they cheated him with loaded dice, | |
Doc LATIN, barbarous latin, ſuch as was formerly uſed by the lawyers in their pleadings,
Doc's PORTION, a lick and a ſmell; he comes in for only a dog's portion, ſaying of one who is a diſtant admirer, or dangler after women, Sce dangler,
Doczss, dog's wife, or lady, a puppy's mama, jocular ways of calling a woman a bitch,
Dos, an old dog at it, expert or accuſtomed to any thing ; dog in a manger, one who would prevent another from enjoying, what he himſelf does not want, an alluſion to the well known fahle. The dogs have not dined, a com- mon ſaying to any one whole ſhirt hangs ont behind; to dog, or dodge, to follow at a diſtance,
Doc's sour, rain water,
DoGcGcED, ſurly.
Dor, Bartholomew doll, a tawdry over dreſt woman, like
one of the children's dolls fold at Bartholemew Fair; to
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DoLLY, a Yorkſhire dolly, a contrivance ſor waſhing by means of a kind of wheel fixed in a tub, which being turned about, agitates and cleanſes the linen put into it, with ſoap un water. :
DoMMERER, a beggar, pretending that his tongue has been cut out by the Algerines, or cruel, and blood thirſty Turks, or elfe that he was born deaf and dumb, (cant)
DoxE vp, ruined by gaming, and extravagances, (madern term ö
DowKEY, donkey dick, a he, or jack aſs, called donkey, perhaps from the Spaniſh, or don like gravity of that animal, entitled alſo the king of Spain's trumpeter.
DooDLE, a filly fellow, or noodle, See noodle. Alſo a child's penis; doodle doo, or cock a doodle doo, childiſn appellation for a cock, from its note when crowing.
Dorey, a beggar's trull, |
Dos, burglary, (cant) He was caſt for felon and doſe, he was found guilty of felony and burglary.
Dor AND GO ONE, to waddle, generally applied to per- ſons who have one leg ſhorter than the other, and who as the fea phraſe is, go upon an uneven keel,
DoucLAs, Roby Douglas, with one eye and a ſtinking breath, the breech, (/ea wrt)
DovsE oN THE CHops, a blow in the face.
Down 11LLs, dice that run low,
Dox1rs, ſhe beggars, wenches, whores.
Dowpy, a coarſe vulgar looking woman.
Dowpy1nG, a local joke formerly practiſed at Saliſbury,
on large companies, or perſons boaſting of their courage?
It was performed by one Pearce, who had the knack of
perſonating madneſs, and who by the direction of ſome
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Dx as, a naſty ſluttiſh whore.
DR as, to go on the drag, (cant) to follow a cart or wag- gon in order to rob it,
Dram, a glaſs or ſmall meaſure of any ſpiritous liquor, which being originally ſold by apothecaries, were eſtimated by drams, ounces, &c. Dog's dram, to ſpit in his movth, and clap his back,
DRAM-A-TICK, a dram ſerved upon credit.
DRAPER, an ale draper, an alchouſe kceper.
DRAWERS, ſtockings, (cant)
Draw LATCHES, robbers of houſes, whoſe doors are only faſtened with latches, (cant )
DRAHT, or bill on the pump at Aldgate, a bad, or falls bill of Exchange.
DR1PPER, a gleet.
To DrEss, to beat; I'll dreſs his hide neatly, I'll beat him ſoundly,
DROMEDARY, a heavy bungling thief or rogue ; a purple dromedary, a bungler in the art and myſtery of thieviog, (cant) |
DReoMMERARS, Sce domerars.
DRroye A cos, to let fall (with deſign) a piece of gold or filver, in order to draw in and cheat the perſon who . ſees it picked up; the piece ſo dropt is called a dropt cog.
DROP IN THE Ex E, almoſt drunk.
To DRus, to beat any one with a ſtick, or ropes end, per- haps a contraction of dry rub; it is alſo uſed to ſignify a good beating with any inſtrument.
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DRUMRELO, a dull heayy fellow.
DzauRY LANE VESTAL, a woman of the town, or proſ- titute. Drury-lane and its environs, was formerly the reſidence of many of thoſe ladies.
DRURY LANE AGUE, the venereal diſorder.
DR BOB, a ſmart repartee, alſo copulation without emiſ- ſion, in law latin ficcus robertulus.
DRY BOOTS, a ſly humorous fellow.
Dus, a picklock key, (cant)
DuB THE GIGGER, open the door, (cant)
DUBBER, a picker of locks, (cant)
Dock, two-pence,
Duck, a lame duck, an Exchange-alley phraſe for a ſtock jobber, who either cannot, or will not pay his loſſes, or differences, in which caſe he is ſaid, to waddle out of the alley, as he cannot appear there again, till his debts are ſettled and paid; ſhould he attempt it, he would be huſtled out by the fraternity.
Dock F-CK=R, the man who has the care of the poultry on board a ſhip of war,
Dock LEGs, ſhort legs.
Dvps, clothes.
DuDDERING RAKE, a thundering rake, a buck of the
firſt head, one n lewd.
DUDGEON, anger.
Durrtrs, cheats who ply in different parts of the town, particularly about Water-lane, oppoſite St. Clement's Church in the Strand, and pretend to deal in ſmuggled goods, ſtopping all country people, or ſuch as they think they can impoſe on, which they frequently do, by ſelling them Spital-fields goods at double their current price, DUKE OF LIMBS, a tall aukward ill made fellow. DuKE, or Run DUKE, a queer unaccountable fellow.
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DvuLL $wiFT, a ſtupid ſluggiſh fellow, one long going on an errand.
DUMB ARM, a lame arm.
DumB GLUTTON, a woman's privities,
Dun FOUNDED, filenced, allo ſoundly beaten.
Dou WATCH, a venereal bubo in the groin.
Dumps, down in the dumps, low ſpirited, melancholly,
DuMPLIN, a ſhort thick man or woman; Norfolk dump- lin, a jeering appellation of a Norfolk man, dumplins being a favourite kind of food in that country.
Dur, an importunate creditor ; dunny in the provincial dialect of ſeveral countries, ſignifies deaf; to dun, then perhaps may mean to deafen with importunate demands, Some derive it from the word donnez, which ſignifies give, but the true original meaning of the word, owes its birth to one Joe Dun, a famous bailiff of the town of Lincoln, ſo extremely active, and fo dexterous in his buſineſs, that it became a proverb, when a man refuſed to pay, why do not you Dun him, that is, why do not you ſet Dun to arici him; hence it became a cant word, and is now as old, as ſince the days of Henry VII. Dun was allo the general name for the hangman, before that of jack ketch,
And preſently a halter got,
Made of the beſt firong hempen teer,
And &er a cat could Ii her ear,
Had tied it up with as much art,
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Dux Ak ER, a ſtealer of cows and calves.
DvuNGHILL, a coward, a cockpit phraſe, all but game cocks
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viation of dunghill, alſo means a journeyman taylor who
ſubmits to the law for regulating journeymen taylors wages, therefore deemed by the flints, a coward. See flints.
Due, to open a door. See dub.
DuRGEN, a little trifling fellow.
Duos, money; down with your duſt, depoſit the money;
to raiſe, or kick up a duſt, to make a diſturbance, or riot. See breeze. Duſt it away, drink about.
Dusr MAN, a dead man; your father is a duſtman,
Durch RECKONING, or ALLE-MAL, a verbal, or lump account without particulars, as brought at ſpunging, or bawdy houſes.
Durch coNnCERT, where every one plays, or fings a dif- ferent tune, |
DuTcH FEAST, where the entertainer gets drunk before his gueſts, |
DuTcHEss, a woman enjoyed with her pattens on, or by a man in boots, is ſaid to be made a dutcheſs.
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EAs v, make the cull eaſy, or quiet, gags, or kill him.
EASY VIRTUZR, a lady of eaſy virtue, an impure, or ptoſ- titute,
Ear, to cat like a beggar man, and wag his under jaw, 2 jocular reproach to a proud man; to eat one's words, to retract what one has ſaid,
EnGE, to edge, to ſtimulate, or provoke, or as it is vulgarly called, to egg a man on; fall back, fall edge, i. e. let what will happen. Some derive to egg on, from the Latin word, age, age. |
ELBOW GREASE, labour, elbow greaſe will make an oak table ſhine. |
ELBow SHAKER, a gameſter, one who rattles Sir Hugh's bones, 1. e. the dice. =
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ENGLISH BURGUNDY, porter.
Equipe, rich, alſo having new clothes ; well eguipt, full of money, or well dreſſed; the cull equiped me with a brace of meggs, the gentleman furniſhed me with a couple of guineas.
ER1FFs, rogues juſt initiated, and begining to practice.
EssEX LION, a calf, Eſſex being famous for calves, and chiefly ſupplying the London markets.
EssEX sTILE, a ditch, great part of Eſſex is low marſhy ground, in which there are more ditches than ſtiles.
Evans, Mrs. Evans, a name frequently given to a ſhe
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EyvEs DROPPER, one that lurks about to rob hen rooſts, alſo a liſtener at doors and windows, to hear private converſation,
EwE, a white ewe, a beautiful women ; an old ewe dreſt lamb faſhion, an old woman, dreſt like a young girl.
EXECUTION - DAY, Waſhing day.
EXPENDED, killed, (% phraſe) alluding to the gunners accounts, wherein the articles conſumed are charged under the title of expended,
ExESs AND LIMBs, the foot guards were formerly ſo called, by the marching regiments, from a favourite exe- cration in uſe among them, which was, damning their eyes, limbs, and blue breeches. |
FyE SORE, a diſagreeable object; it will be an eye os as long as ſhe lives, ſaid by a man whoſe wife was cut for a fiſtula 1n ano,
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Face, a bumper, a glaſs filled fo full as to leave 25 720m
for the lip. FADGE, it wont fadge, it wont do.
Fac; to beat, cant) fag the bloſs, beat the wench; a
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FAITHFUL, one of the faithful, a taylor who gives long
credit; his faith has made him unwhole, i. e. truſting too much broke him, | FALLALLS, ornaments, chiefly women's, ſuch as rib- bands, necklaces, &c. F Aus, or FAMBLEs, hands; (cant) famble cheats, rings or gloves. FAaMGRASP, to ſhake hands, /cant) Gouratively to agree
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FAMILY OF LOVE, lewd women; alſo a religious ſect.
Fan, to beat any one; I fanned him fweetly, 1 beat him heartily,
FASTNER, a warrant,
FASTNESSEs, bogs.
FcarLrarnnE, excrement hanging to the hairs about the anus, &c. of a man or woman.
FART CATCHER, a valet or footman, from his walking
behind his maſter or miſtreſs. FARTING CRACKERS; breeches.
FusT1aNn, bombaſt language; red fuſtian, port wine. Far, the laſt landed, inned, or ſtowed of any fort of mer- chandiſe, ſo called by the waterſide porters, carmen, &c.
FAT HEADED, ſtupid. FAT CULL, a rich fellow.
FAULKNER, a tumbler, juggler, or ſhewer of tricks, (cant)
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FEAGUE, to feague a horſe, to put ginger up a horſe's fundament, to make him lively and carry his tail well; it is ſaid, a forfeit is incurred by any horſe dealer's ſer- vant who ſhall ſhow a horſe without firſt feagueing him, ulcd figuratively for encouraging or ſpiriting one up.
FEATHER-BED LANE, a rough or ſtony lane; to feather one's neſt, to enrich one's ſelf.
FEINT, a ſham attack on one part, when a real one is meant at another,
FEN, a bawd or common proſtitute ; (cant)
FEE FAW Fon, nonſenſical words ſuppoſed in childiſh ſtory books, to be ſpoken by giants, I am not to be frighted by fee faw fum, I am not to be ſcared by nonſenſe.
FEET, to make children's feet for ſtockings, to beget chil- drenz an officer of feet, a jocular title for an officer of infantry. |
FELLOW COMMONER, an empty bottle, ſo called at the Univerſity at Cambridge, where fellow commoners are not in general confidered as over full of learning; at Ox- ford an empty bottle is called a gentleman commoner for the ſame reaſon, |
FENCE, a receiver of ſtolen goods; (cant) to fence, to ſpend or lay out, he fenced his hog, he ſpent his ſhilling.
FENCING KEN, the magazine or warehouſe, where ſtolen goods arc iecreted.
FERME, a hole; (cant) i
FERMERDY=-BEGGARS, all thoſe who have not the ſham {ores or clymes.
FERRARA, Andrea Ferrara, the name of a famous ſword cutler; moſt of the highland broad ſwords are marked with his name, whence an Andrea Ferrara has become the common name for the glaymore or highland broad ſword. See glaymore, |
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Freu, a trick, wheedle or invention to deceive.
FEUTERER, a dog keeper, from the French vautrier or vaultrier, one that leads a lime hound for the clace,
FIB, to beat; (cant) fb the cove's quarron in the rumpad for the lour in his bung, beat the fellow in the highway for the money in his purſe; a fib 1s alſo a lye.
FiDDLE, a writ to arreſt, fidler's pay, thanks and wine.
FipLER's money, all fixpences, ſixpence being the uſual fum paid by each couple for muſick at country wakes and hops.
FiDDLE FADDLE, trifling diſcourſe, nonſenſe, a mere fiddle-fadJ'c fellow, a trifler.
FiDLAM BEN, general tlueves, called alſo St. Peter's ſons having very finger a fiſh hook; (cant)
FroGEYs, he has got the fidgets, ſaid of one that cannot fit long in one place.
Fiel LANE DUCK, a baked ſheep's head.
Fir: 1s, a red faced man ts aid to have been ſerved
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F1GGEFR, a hiitic boy put in at 4 window to hand out goods
to the diver; {cant) See diver,
Fi6G1NG Law, the art of picking pockets; (cant)
FiLcn, or FILEL, a beggar's ſtaff with an iron hook at the end to pluck clothes from a hedge or any thing out of a caſement; filcher, the ſame as angler; filching cove, a man thief; filching mort, a woman thief,
FILE, file cloy, or bungnipper, a pickpocket ; to file, to rob, or cheat; the file or bungnipper, goes generally in company with two aſfiſtants, the adam 1iler and another called the bulk or bulker, whoſe buſineſs is to joſtle the perſon they intend to rob, and pufh him againſt the wall
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FiNGER POST, a parſon, ſo called, becauſe like the finger poſt, he points out a way he has never been and probably will never go, i. e. the way to heaven. |
FI&ESHIP, a wench who has the venereal diſeaſe,
Fix PRIGGERS, Villains who rob at fires under pretence of aſſiſting in removing goods.
Frisn, a ſeaman; a ſcaly fiſh, a rough blunt tar.
F1zZLE, an eſcape backward, more obvious to the noſe than ears. | :
FLABAGASTED, confounded.
FLABBY, relaxed, flaccid, not firm or ſolid.
TLAGGE, a groat; (cant) the flag of defiance or bloody flag is out, ſea phraſe fignifying the man is drunk and alluding to the redneſs of his face,
FLAu, a lie, or ſham ſtory.
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FLARE, to blaze, ſhine or glare,
! LASH, a periwig ; rum flaſh, a fine long wig ; queer flaſh, 2 miſerable weatherbeatea caxon; flaſh alſo means to he oftentatiouily; to flath one's ivory, to laugh and ſhew one's teeth; don't laſh your ivory but ſhut your potatoe trap and keep your guts warm, the devil loves hot tripes.
{ LASH KEN, a houte that harbours thieves.
LASH LINGO, the canting or ſlang language.
LAT COCK, a female,
"LAT, a hubble, gull, or filly fellow.
Law, drunk.
FLAYBOTTOMIST, a bum bruther, or ſchool maſter, to. lay or flea the fox, to yomit.
MLEA BITE, a trifling injury; to fend any one away with a flea1n his ear, to give any one a hearty ſcolding.
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FLESH BROKER, a match maker, a bawd.
FLI Bus TIER, Weſt India pirates, buccanbert, or free booters. | =
FLICKER, a drinking glaſs, (cant) |
FLICKERING, grinning, or laughing in a man's face.
FLicKkins, cutting; flick me ſome panam and caffan, cut me ſome bread and cheeſe; flick the peter, cut off the cloak bag, or portmanteau.
FLING, to fling, to trick or cheat; he flung me fairly out of it, he cheated me out of it.
FLinTs, journeymen taylors, who on a late occafion, re- fuſed to work for the wages ſettled by law. Thoſe who ſubmitted, were by the mutineers ſtiled dungs, i. e. dunghills.
FIP, ſmall beer, brandy and ſugar. This mixture with the addition of a lemon, was by ſailors formerly called Sir Cloudily, in memory of Sir Cloudſly Shovel, who. uſed frequently to regale himſelf with it.
FrioGs, to whip.
FLoGGING CULLY, a debilitated letcher, (commonly an old one) whole. torpid powers require ſtimulating with a rod. One who hires girls to flog him on the poſteriors,, in order to procure an erection.
FLocoiNd COVE, the beadle, or whipper, in bridewell.
FroG6c1NG STAKE, the whipping poſt.
FLORENCE, a wench that has been towzed and ruffled, FLovT, to flout, to jeer, or ridicule.
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F OR FLrux, the recorder of a corporation: a recorder was an ancient muſical inſtrument.
Fr.ux, to flux, to cheat, cozen; or over ak alſo to ſalivate; to flux a wig, to put it up in curl, and bake it. FLYER, to take a flyer, to enjoy a woman with her
elothes on, or without going into bed.
FL VERS, ſhoes.
FLYING GIGGERS, turnpike gates. |
FLYING CAMPs, beggars plying in a body at funeral.
FLY $LICERs, life guard men, from their fitting on horſe back, under an arch, where they are frequently obſerved to drive away flies with their ſwords.
Foz, a cheat, trick, or contrivance; I will not be fobbed off ſo, I will not be thus deceived with falſe pretences: the fob 1s alſo a ſmall breeches pocket for holding a watch,
Foc, ſmoke, (cant)
Focty, old fogey, a nick name for an invalid ſoldier, derived from the French word fougeux, fierce or fiery.
Foo RAM, an old fogram, a fuſty old fellow.
Focus, tobacco, (cant) tip me a gage of fogus, give me a pipe of tobacco.
FoysT, to foyſt, to pick a pocket.
FooTy DESPICABLE, a footy fellow, a deſpicable fellow, from the French foutüe.
FooTMAn's MAWND, an artificial fore, made with un- {lacked lime, ſoap, and the ruſt of old iron, on the back of a beggar s hand, as if hurt by the bite, or kick of a horſe.
Foor PADS, or LOW PADS, rogues who rob on foot.
Foor WABLER, a contemptuous appellation for a foot ſoldier, commonly uſed by the cavalry.
FOREMAN or THE JURY, one who engroſſes all the talk to Eimſelf, or ſpeaks for the reſt of the company.
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them.“ N. B. This was taken from a book, written many years ago. Doubtleſs the art of picking pockets, like all others, muſt have been much improved ſince that time.
ForLoRN HOPE, a gameſter's lait ſtake,
FoRTUNE HUNTERS, indigent men, ſeeking to enrich themſelves by marrying a woman of fortune.
FoRTUNE TELLER, or cx NIN MAT, a judge, who tells every priſoner his fortune, lot, or doom : to go before the fortune teller, lambikin man, or conjuror, to be tried at an aſſize.
Foul MOUTHED, abuſive.
FounDLING, a child dropped in the ſtreets, and found and educated at the pariſh expence.
Fox, a ſharp cunning fellow, alfo an old term for a ſword, probably a ruſty one, or elſe from its being died red with blood. Some ſay this name alluded to certain ſwords, of a remarkable good temper, or metal, marked with the ligure of a fox, probably the ſign or rebus of the maker,
ForsT, a pickpocket, cheat, or rogue. See Wotton's gang.
FoyrsTED IN, words, or paſlages ſurreptitiouſly interpol- lated, or inſerted into a book, or writing.
FRrRATERS, vagabonds who beg with ſham patents, or briefs tor hoſpitals, fires, inundations, &c.
FREEZE, a thin ſmall hard cyder, much uſed by vintners and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of them, and to advance their gain; a freezing »intner, a vintner who balderdaſhes his wine.
FuE, free of fumbler's hall, a ſaying of one who cannot get his wife with child.
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FRENCHIFIED, infected with the venereal diſeaſe z the mort is Frenchified, the wench is infected.
FRENCH LEAVE, to take French leave, to go off without taking leave of the company, a ſaying frequently applied to perſons who have run away from their creditors.
FRESHMAN, one juſt entered a member of the univerfity.
FRIBBLE, an effeminate fop, a name borrowed from a celebrated character of that kind, in the farce of Miſs in her teens, written by Mr. Garrick.
FRIDAY FACE, a diſmal countenance, before and even long after the reformation, Friday was a day of abſti- nence or jour maigre.
To FRIG, to be guilty of the crime of ſelf pollution; frigging is alfo hguratively uſed for trifling.
FRIGATE, a well rigg'd frigate, a well dre wench.
FRTSk, to dance the Paddington friſk, to be hanged.
FROE, or VROE, a woman, wife, or miſtreſs, (Dutch) bruſh to your froe, or bloſs, ind wheedle for crop, run to your miſtreſs, and ſooth and coax her out of ſome money,
FROSTY FACE, one pitted with the ſmall pox.
FROGLANDER, a Dutchman.
FRUMMAGEM'D, choaked, ftrangled, or hanged, (cant)
F—x, to copulate
F—k BEGGAR, ſee buſs beggar.
FUDBLE, irink this is rum fuddle, this is excellent tipple,
or drink ; fuddled, drunk ; fuddle cap, a drunkard.
FuBsty, plump; a fubſey wench, a plump healthy wench.
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FoRTUNE HUNTERS, indigent men, ſecking to enrich themſelves by marrying a woman of fortune.
FoRTUNE TELLER, or CUNNING MAN, a judge, who tells every priſoner his fortune, lot, or doom; to go before the fortune teller, lambſkin man, or conjuror, to be tried at an aſhze,
Foul MOUTHED, abuſive,
FounDLinG, achild dropped in the ſtreets, and found and educated at the pariſh expence. |
Fox, a ſharp cunning fellow, alſo an old term for a ſword, probably a ruſty one, or elſe from its being died red with blood. Some lay this name alluded to certain ſwords, of a remarkable good temper, or metal, marked with the ligure of a fox, probably the ſign or rebus of the maker,
FoysT, a pickpocket, cheat, or rogue. See Wotton's gang,
ForsTED IN, words, or paſlages ſurreptitiouſly interpol- lated, or inſerted into a book, or writing,
FRATERS, vagabonds who beg with ſham patents, or
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FREEZE, a thin ſmall hard cyder, much uſed by vintners
and coopers in parting their wines, to lower the price of
them, and to advance their gain; a freezing vintner, a vintner who balderdaſhes his wine. | Fre, free of fumbler's hall, a ſaying of one who cannot
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FRENCH DISEASE, the yenereal diſeaſe, ſaid to have been imported from France; French gout, the ſame. He ſuf- fered by a blow over the ſnout, with a French faggot
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FRENCHIFIED, infected with the venereal diſeaſe 3 the mort is Frenchified, the wench is infected.
FRENCH LEAVE, to take French leave, to go off without taking leave of the company, a ſaying frequently applied to perſons who have run away from their creditors.
FRESHMAN, one juſt entered a member of the unvernty,
FRIBBLE, an effeminate fop, a name borrowed from a celebrated character of that kind, in the farce of Miſs in her teens, written by Mr, Garrick.
FRIDAY FACE, a diimal countenance, before and even long after the reformation, Friday was a day of abſti- nence or Jour maigre.
To FRIG, to be guilty of the crime of ſelf pollution; frigging 1s alſo figuratively uſed for trifling.
FRIGATE, a well rigg'd frigate, a well dreſſed wench.
Fg fsk, to dance the Paddington friſk, to be hanged.
FROE, or VROE, a woman, wife, or miſtreſs, (Dutch) bruſh to your froe, or bloſs, and wheedle for crop, run to your miſtreſs,” and ſooth and coax her out of tome money,
FrRosTY FACE, one pitted with the ſmall pox.
FROGLANDER, a Dutchman. |
FrRUMMAGEM'D, choaked, ſtrangled, or hanged, (caut)
FK, to copulate |
F—Kk BEGGAR, fee buſs beggar.
Fupprx, drink, this is rum fuddle, this is excellent tipple, or drink ; fuddled, drunk ; fuddle cap, a drunkard.
FuBsEy, plump; a fubſey wench, a plump healthy wench.
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FuUMBLER, an old or impotent man; to fumble, alſo means to go aukwardly about any work, or manual operation.
Fun, a cheat, or trick; (cant) do you think to fun me out of it, do you think to cheat me; fun, the breech, per- haps from being the abbreviation of fundament, I'IIkick your fun.
Funk, to fmoke, figuratively to ſmoke or ſtink through fear; I was in a curſed funk; to funk the cobler, a ſchool boy's trick, performed with alla fœtida and cotton, which are ſtufled into a pipe, the cotton being lighted, and the bole of the pipe covered with a coarſe handkerchief, the ſmoke is blown out at the ſmall end, through the crannies of a cobler's ſtall,
FuRMEN, aldermen.
FURMITY FROMENTY, wheat boiled up to a jelly; to ſimper like a furmity kettle, to ſmile, or look more about the gills,
Fussock, a lazy fat woman; an old fuſſock, a frowzy old woman.
Fus rTIiAx, bombaſt language, alſo port Fee
FusTY LUGGs, a beaſtly fluttiſh woman.
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GAB, or GoB STRING, a bridle. |
Gas, an inſtrument uſed chiefly by houſe-breakers and thieves, for propping open the mouth of a perſon robbed, thereby to prevent his calling out for aſſiſtance.
GE, a quart pot, alſo a pint, (cant)
GALLIPOT, nick name for an apothecary.
GALL, his gall is not yet broken, a ſaying uſed in priſons of a man juſt brought in, who appears melancholy and de- jected. |
GALIMAUFREY, a hodge-podge made up of the remnants and ſcraps of the larder. |
GALLOWS BIRD, one that deſerves hanging,
GALLORE, or GOLORE, plenty.
GALLIGASKINS, breeches,
GALLEY, building the galley, a game formerly uſed at ſea in order to put a trick upon a landſman, or freſh water ſailor; it being agreed to play at the game, one ſailor perſonates the builder, and another the merchant or con- tractor; the builder firſt begins by laying the keel, which conſiſts of a number of men laid all along on their backs one after another, that is head to foot; he next puts in the ribs or knees by making a number of men ſet feet to feet at right angles to and on each fide of the keel, he now fixing on the perſon intended to be the object of the joke, obſerves he is a fierce looking fellow, and fit for the hon,
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the ribs. After ſeveral other diſpoſitions, the builder de-
livers over the galley to the contractor as compleat, but he among other faults and objections obſerves the lion is not gilt, on which the builder or one of his afſiſtants runs to the head, and dipping a mop in the excrement, thruſts it into the face of tlie lion.
GALLY Fo1sT a city barge uſed formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was {worn in at Weſtminſter,
- GAMBLER, a ſharper, a tricking gameſter.
GAME, bubbles or pigeons ern in to be cheated, alſo at bawdy houſes, lewd women; mother have you any game, mother have you any girls; to die game, to ſuffer at the gallows without ſhewing any figns of fear or repentance game pullet, a young whore, or forward girl in the way of
becoming one.
GA, the mouth or lips, (cant)
GANG, a company of men, a body of ſailors, a knot of thieves, pickpockets, &c. a gang of ſheep trotters, the four feet of a ſheep.
GAP STOPPER, a whore maſter,
GAPESEED, fights, any thing to feed the eye; Tarn come abroad for a little gape ſeed.
GARNISH, an entrance fee demanded by the old priſoners, of one juſt committed to gaol. |
GARRET ELECTION, a ludicrous ceremony pradtiſed every new parliament, it conſiſts of a mock election of two members to repreſent the borough of Garrat (a few ſtraggling cottages near Wandſworth in Surry) the qualifi- cation of voter is having enjoyed a woman in the open air within that diſtrift; the candidates are commonly fellows of low humour, who dreſs themſelves up in a ridiculous manner, as this brings a prodigious concourſe of people
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GAWKEY, a tall thin awkward young man or woman.
GAZEBO, an elevated OUT or ſummer houſe,
GEE, it won't gee, it won't hit, or do, it ö not ſuit or fit.
GELT, money, German, alſo caſtrated.
GELDING, an eunuch,
GENTLECRAFT, the art of ſhoemaking; one of the gentle- craft, a ſhoemaker, fo called becauſe once practiſed by? St, Criſpin,
(z3FNTRY COVE, a gentleman, (cant) .
GENTRY COVE KEN, a gentleman's houſe, (cant)
GENTRY MORT, a gentlewoman.
(JENTLEMAN COMMONER, an empty bottle, an univer- ſry joke; gentlemen commoners not being deemed over- full of learning.
JENTLEMAN'S MASTER, a highway robber, becauſe he makes a gentleman obey his commands, i. e. ſtand and deliver. GENTLEMAN's COMPANION, a louſe.
GENTLEMAN OF THREE OUTS, i. e. without money, without wit, and without manners.
GEORGE, a half-crown piece; yellow George, a guinea z brown George, an ammunition loaf.
GIGG, & aa ; ſnitchel his gigg, fillip his noſe; grunter's gigg, a hog's ſnout ; gigg is allo a high one horſe chaiſe, and a woman's privities; to gigg a Smithfield hank, to hamſtring an over drove ox, vulgarly called a mad bullock.
GIGGER, a latch, or door; dub the gig door; gi
ger, open the gger dubber, the turnkey of a gaol.
To ci6GLE, women, GILL, the abbrevation of Gillian, figuratively uſed for woman,
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G1KDs, quips, taunts, ſevere or biting reflections.
GERMAN DUCK, half a ſheep's head boiled with onions,
GET, one of his get, one of his offspring, or begetting,
G1B cAT, a northern name for a he cat; there commonly called Gilbert; as melancholy as a gib cat; as melancholy as a he cat who has been catterwauling, whence they
always return ſcratched, hungry, and out of ſpirits. G1BBERISH, cant language, pedlars French; or St. Giles's Greek. See St. Giles's Greek,
G1BLETs, to join giblets, ſaid of a man and woman who cohabit as huſband and wife without being married ; alſo to copulate.
G1FT OF THE GAB, a facility of ſpeech.
GiLE's or Sr. GILES's BREED, fat, ragged, and ſaucy; Newton and Dyot Streets, the grand head-quarters of moſt of the thieves and pickpockets about London, are 1n St, Giles's pariſh.
GILLFLURT, a proud minks, a vain capricious womans
GILLY GAUPUS, a Scotch term for a- tall awkward fellow.
GiLLs, the cheeks ; to look roſy about the pills, to have a freſh complexion ; to look merry about the gills, to ＋ pe arc hearful.
G1LT, or RUM DUBBER, a thief who picks locks, ſo
called from the gilt or pick-lock key; many of them are ſo expert, that from the lock of a church door to that of the ſmalleſt cabinet, they will find means to open it; theſe go into reputable publick-houſes, where pretending buſi- neſs, they contrive to get into private rooms, up ſtairs, where they open any bureaus or trunks they happen to find there. | |
GIMBLET EYED, ſquinting, either in man or woman.
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grated ginger; alſo money; he has the gingerbread; he 1s rich, | (31NGER PATED, Or GINGER HACKLED, red haired, a
term borrowed from the cock pit, where red cocks are
called gingers. GINGERLY, ſoftly, gently, tenderly; to go gingerly to work, 1. e. to attempt a thing gently, or cautiouſly,
GiNGAMBOBs, toys, bawbles, alſo a man's tefticles. See
thingambobs,
GIN SPINNER, a diſtiller.
GINNY, an inftrument to lift up a grate, in order to ſteal what 1s in the window, (cant)
GLAZIER, one who breaks windows and ſhew glaſſes to ſteal goods expoſed for ſale; glaziers, eyes, (cant)
GLAYMORE, a Highland broad ſword ; from the Erle, glay, or glaive, a ſword, and more, great
GL1B, ſmooth, ſlippery ; glib tongued, talkative.
GL1M, a candle or dark lanthorn, uſed in houſebreaking 3 alſo fire; to glim, to burn in the hand, (cant)
GLIMSTICK, a candleſtick, (cant)
GLIMFENDERS, andirons, (cant)
GLIMFLASHY, angry, or in a paſſion, (cant)
GLIMJACK, a link boy, (cant)
GLUEPOT, a parſon, from joining men and women toge⸗ ther, in matrimony,
GLuM, ſullen.
GLYBE, a writing, (cant)
GLYMMER, fire, (cant)
GrimmERrERs, perſons begging with ſham licences, pre-
tending loſſes by fire.
Goaps, thoſe who wheedle in chapmen for horſe dealers. L Goar,
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Goar, a laſcivious perſon ; goats gigs, making the beaſt with two backs. Copulation,
GoALER's COACH, a hurdle, traytors being aſually cc con-
veyed from the goal to the place of execution, on a hurdle
or ſledge. GoB, the mouth, alſo a bit or morſel, whence gobbets;
gift of the gob, wide mouthed, or one who ſpeaks fluent- ly, or ſings well.
Go BETWEEN, a pimp or bawd.
GoBBLE P—XK, a rampant luſtful woman,
GOBBLER, a turkey cock.
GoING UPON THE DUB, going out to break open or pick the locks of houſes. |
Go BY THE GROUND, a tittle ſhort perſon, man or wo— man,
Gos, all- a-gog, impatient, anxious, or deſirous of a thing.
GoGGLEs, eyes. See ogles. Goggle eyes, large promi- nent eyes; to goggle, to ſtare.
GoDFATHERS, a jury; to take the opinion of one's god- fathers, to be tried before or by a jury.
Gop PERMIT, a ſtage coach, from that affectation of piety, frequently to be met with in advertiſements of ſtage coaches or waggons, where moſt of their undertak- ings are promiſed with if God permit, or God willing.
' GoLD DROPPERS, ſharpers who drop a piece of gold, which they pick up in the preſence of ſome unexperienced perſon for whom the trap 1s laid ; this they pretend to have found, and as he ſaw them pick it up, they invite him to a publick houſe to partake of it, when there, two or three of their comrogues drop in, as if by accident, and propoſe cards or ſome other game, when they ſeldom fail of ftripping their prey.
GOLD FINDER, one whoſe employment is to empty neceſ-
ſary houles 3 3 called allo a tom turd man, and night man. The
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The latter from that buſineſs being always performed in the night. |
GoLDFINCH, one who has commonly a purſe full of gold; gold; goldfinches, guineas.
GOLLUMPUS, a large clumſey fellow.
(30LGOTHA, or the place of ſculls, part of the theatre at Oxford, where the heads of houſes ſit, thoſe gentlemen being by the wits of the univerſity called ſculls.
GOOD MAN, a word of various imports, according to the place where it is ſpoken; in the city it means a rich man; at Hockley in the Hole, or St. Giles's, an expert boxer; at a bagnio in Covent Garden, a vigorous fornicator, at an alehouſe or tavern, one who loves his pot or bottle ; and ſometimes, tho' but rarely, a virtuous man.
GOOD WOMAN, a non deſcript, repreſented on a famous ſign in St, Giles's in the form of a common woman, but without a head,
Goos, a taylor's gooſe, a ſmoothing iron uſed to preſs down the ſeams, for which purpoſe it muſt be heated, hence it is a jocular ſaying that a taylor, be he ever ſo poor, is always ſure to have a gooſe at his fire.
Goos EAP, a filly fellow, or woman,
Gooss RIDING, a gooſe whoſe neck is greaſed being ſuſ- pended by the legs to a cord tied to two trees or high poſts, a number of men on horſeback riding full ipecd attempt to pull off the head, which if they effect, the gooſe is their prize. This has been practiſed in Derbyſhire within the memory of perſons now living. 1a
GorEE, money, chiefly gold, cant) perhaps from the traffick carried on at that place, which is chiefly for gold duſt, .
GoxMAGON, a monſter with fix eyes, three mouths, four arms, eight legs, five on one fide and three on the other, three arſes, two tarſes and a **** upon its back; a man
on horſeback with a woman behind him. L 2 Gorch
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Gorcn GUTTED, pot bellied; a gotch in Norfolk, ſig- nifying a pitcher, or large round jug.
Govok, to gouge, to ſqueeze out a man's eye with the thumb, a | cruel practice uſed by the Boſtonians in Ame- rica.
GRAN NA NM, corn.
GRANNUM's GOLD, hoarded money, ſuppoſed to have belonged to the grandmother of the poſſeſſor.
GRAvEY EYED, blear eyed, one whoſe eyes have a run- ning. humour.
GRAF TED, cuckolded, i. e. one who has had horns grafted on his head.
GRAPPLE THE RAILS, a cant name uſed in eta for whiſkey,
GREASE, to greaſe, to bribe; to greaſe a man in the fiſt, to bribe him; to greaſe a fat ſow in the a—ſ—e, to give to a rich man; greaſy chin, a treat given to pariſh offi- cers in part of commutation for a baſtard called allo eat- ing a child, |
GREEK, St. Giles's Greek, the lang lingo, cant, or gib-
beriſh.
GREEN BA, an attorney; thoſe gentlemen carry their clients deeds in a green bag, and it is ſaid, when they have no deeds to carry, frequently fill them with an old pair of brecches or any other trumpery, to give themſelves the appeirance of buſineſs.
GREEN Gown, to give a girl a green gown, to tumble ter on thc graſs.
GEEENHORN, a novice on the town, an undebauched young fel ow juft initiated into the 3 of bucks and b.oods,
GREENHEAD, an inexperienced young man, GREENWICH GOOSE, a penſioner of Greenwich hoſpital.
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GREENWICH BARBERS, retailers of ſand from the pits
at and about Greenwich, Kent; perhaps they are ſtiled barbers from their conſtant ſhaving the ſand banks.
GRrREGORIAN TREE, ſo named from Gregory Brandon, a famous finiſher of the law, to whom Sir William Segar, garter king of arms, (being impoſed on by Brooke a herald) granted a coat of arms.
GREY PARSON, a farmer who rents the tythes of the rec- tor or vicar.
GI, a farthing; a merry grig, a merry fellow; as merry as a grig, alluſions to the apparent livelineſs of a grig, or young eel.
GRIM,. old Mr. Grim, death.
GRIMMALKIN, a cat; mawkin ſignifies a hare in Scotland. GRINDERS, teeth; gooſeberry grinder, the breech ; alk bogey the berry grinder, aſæ mine a—ſe, GRINAGOG, THE CAT'S UNKLE, a fooliil a grinning fellow, one who grins without reaton.
GRIN, to grin in a glaſs caſe, to be anatomiſed for murder; the ik-ietons of many criminals are preſerved 1n glafs
caſes, at ſurgeons hall.
GroATs, to fave his groats, to come off handſomely. At the univerſities, nine groats are depoſited in the hands of an accademic officer, by every perion ſtanding for a degree, which if the depoſitor obtains with honor, are returned to him. |
GROG, rum and water; groggy, drunk.
Gabun (cant) a horſe.