BACK'ED
dead; as He wishes the Senior backed, i.e. He longs to have his Father upon Six Mens Shoulders. His Backs up, a taunting Expression.
dead; as He wishes the Senior backed, i.e. He longs to have his Father upon Six Mens Shoulders. His Backs up, a taunting Expression.
the Prize, or whatever kind which Robbers make in their Enterprizes. He has saved his Bacon; i.e. He has himself escaped with the Prize, whence it is commonly used for any narrow Escape. The Cove has a bien squawl to maund Bacon; i.e. he has a good Voice to beg Bacon; used to jeer a bad Voice, or an indifferent Singer. The Bacon Sweard rakes in his Throttle; i.e. the Sweard of the Bacon sticks in his Throat; used to a person who has Hoarseness, or one, who at their Merry-Meetings, excuses himself from Singing, on pretence of a Cold.
is used in a Canting Sense, for Burning in the Hand or Cheek (as it used to be) as he has got his Badge and piked away; He has been burned in the Hand, &c. and is just set at Liberty.
Parish-Pensioners
a Crew of desperate Villains, who rob and kill near rivers, and then throw the dead bodies therein.
as the heavy Baggage, the Children and Women who are unable to travel fast in Gangs of Gypsies, and Strowlers.
Money: The Cove has secured the Balsom, i.e. He has seized the Money.
a Sham or Cheat: a knavish Contrivance to amuse or deceive.
of a Cock and a Bull, an idle Relation, in order to pick Acquaintance on the Road, till a convenient Place or Opportunity offer to rob or plunder.
Highwaymen, Horse or Foot, now used for Rogues of any kind, but strictly Italian Rapparees.
a Bailiff or his Follower; a Sergeant or his Yeomen.
a Child.
a Salesman's Servant that walks before the Shop, to invite customers.
a good Job, or a Snack easily got; so called from the Gratuity given to Jockeys, for buying and selling Horses.
the Irons worn in Goal by Felons. A Pair of Spectacles is also called Barnacles; as I saw the Cuffin Quire with his Nose Barnacled, making out the Cove's Dispatches, i.e. I saw the Justice of Peace with his Spectacles on making out his Mittimus.
between a bob and a long one.
to beat.
a Cudgelling
to fatten; to keep up a Fowl, &c. till it is fit for eating.
an Ox; The Cove has hushed the Battener; i.e. He has killed the Ox, in revenge on some Farmer, who, perhaps, had got him sent to the House of Correction.
an old well cudgelled and bruised huffing fellow.
an Halfpenny; as The Cove ript the Maund but a single Baubee let's souse him for it i.e. The Gentleman has given the Beggar but a single Halfpenny; lets plunder him for his Niggardliness.
Jewels, Tweezers, Snuff-boxes, any sort of Gold or Silver Trinkets.
a Female Procuress.
a sort of diminutive Pedlars, who sell Obscene Books, Pins, Tape, &c. but live more by pilfering and stealing.
a very small one.
common, filthy, nasty talk.
a Whore-master.
an Order of Villains, Genteel-dressed Sharpers, who lie in wait to insnare and draw in young Heirs, raw Country Squires and ignorant Fops.
a Beadle
to alarm, as They have cryed Beef upon us; they have discovered, us and are in Pursuit of us.
any sort of Malt-liquor so called.
an Apron.
a foolish Fellow, a Simpleton.
foolish, simple.
better.
good, Pike on the Bene, i.e. Run away as fast as you can.
strong Liquor.
a good Fellow, a merry companion.
good Night.
very good, very well. Beneshiply Worshipfully.
Counterfeiters of Bills, Bonds, Notes, Receipts, &c.
Counterfeiters of Passes.
Bring Bess and Glym; i.e. Forget not the Instrument to break open the Dour, and the Dark Lanthorn.
as secure the Bet, secure the Prize.
a small Engine to force open the Doors of Houses; Mill the Gig with your Betty; i.e. Break open the Door with your Instrument.
An Afternoons Lunchion.
Garnish-money.
a Chicken.
to cheat or deceive. Bilk the Rattling Cove; Sharp the Coachman of his Hire.
a Sword. Bite the Bill from the Cull; i.e. Whip the Sword from his Side.
a Bandore, or Widow's Peak.
to go, &c.
Get you hence: Begone; haste away; He Bing'd awast in a Darkmans, i.e. He Stole away in the Night-time. Bing we to Rum vile? i.e. Go we to London.
Geneva, or Brandy.
a great Geneva Drinker.
a Club of Geneva Drinkers.
a She Brandy Drinker.
Rogues of the same Gang.
hare-brained; not solid or stayed.
Robbed, Cheated or Out-Witted. Also Drunk, as He has bit his Grannum; He is very Drunk. Bit the Blow, performed the Theft, played the Cheat, You have bit a great Blow; You have robbed somebody of or to a considerable Value.
a Rogue, Sharper or Cheat; also a Woman's Privities, as The Cull wapt the Morts Bite; i.e. The Fellow enjoyed the Woman briskly. Bite the Biter, rob the Rogue, sharp the Sharper, or Cheat the Cheater. Bite the Cully, put the Cheat on a silly Fellow. Bite the Roger, steal the Portmanteau. Bite the Wiper, steal the Handkerchief. He will not Bite or swallow the Bait; He wont be drawn in. To Bite on the Bit; To be pinched or reduced to hard Meat; a scanty or sorry sort of Living.
under one's Hand, or in Writing.
one that is not to be confided in upon an Enterprize or Intrigue.
a Lawyer.
a Parson.
dirty, nasty, tatterred roguish Boys, that formerly were wont to attend at the Horse-Guards to wipe Shoes, and clean Boots.
a leather-Jug to drink in.
Newcastle, from whence the Coals are brought.
Hoods and Scarves of Alamode and Lustrings.
the Devil.
down looked, sheepish, guilty.
as The Mort lay last Night a Bleaching; the Wench looks very fair to Day.
they that are cheated by Jack in a Box.
a Sheep.
as, To bleed freely, i.e. To part with their Money easily.
an easy Fellow, this is profuse with his Money, or persuaded to support all the Exravaganies of his Companion or Mistress, at his own Expence.
Wash, or After-wort.
a Feint, a Pretence, a shift.
one fit to conceal a pursued or hunted Villain.
the Breech.
Canters, who counterfeit Blindness, strowl about with Harps, Fiddles, Bagpipes, &c. led by a Dog or Boy.
Prisons, Houses of Correction, &c.
a Shop-lifter; also a Bully's pretended Wife, or Mistress, whom he guards, while she supports him; also a Whore.
i.e. to stand engaged, or be bound for any Body.
as He has bit his blow, he has stollen the Goods, &c.
a Mistress; also a Whore.
i.e. To lie with a Women on the Floor or Stairs.
To lie now and then with a Woman.
the Mouth, I've stopt the Culls Blubber, I've stopt the Fellow's Mouth; meant either by gagging or murdering him.
much Crying.
To look big or like Bull-beef.
an Inn-keeper or victualler.
an awkward Fellow.
a rude ratling Hector.
Bridewell [[prob. rdg; orig. Briedwell]] or New Prison, or any Work-house, or House of Correction, for Vagrants, Beggars and Villains, &c.
Bridewell-Birds.
a Shop-lifts Comerade, Assistant or Receiver. Bob also signifies Safety.
i.e. All is Safe.
cheated, tricked, baulked.
a light woman, also an Eunuch or impotent Fellow.
Irish Men.
Scotch or North Country Moss-troopers, or Highway-Men.
one that peeps out, but dares not venture abroad.
the nose, He has broke his Boltsprit; He has lost his Nose by the Pox.
to apprehend, sieze, take or arrest. I'll Bone ye; I'll cause you to be arrested. We shall be Boned, we shall be apprehended for the Robbery. The Cove is Boned and gone to the Whit; the Rogue is taken up and carried to Newgate. The Cull has Boned the Fen (for Fence) or Bloss that bit the Blow, The Man has taken the Thief that robbed his House or Shop, or picked his Pocket. If he be Boned he must shove the Tumbler; If he be taken he'll be whipt at the Gart's-tail. I have Boned her Dudds, Fagged and Brushed; I have taken away my Mistress's cloaths, beat her and am trooped off. Boning the Fence; Finding the Goods where concealed and siezing them. He made no Bones of it.
sowre Butter-milk.
a House, as Heave the Booth; Rob the House.
to play with a design to lose.
Vide BOWSE.
a Shilling, Half a Borde, Six-pence.
void of Wit.
as He is up in the Boughs, said of one upon the Rant, or in a great Ferment.
as a meer Bounce, a swaggering Fellow.
a Bully.
a Bottle.
as a Bowman-Prigg, an eminent Thief or Villain; a dextrous Cheat, or House-breaker.
Drink, or to drink; see Benbowse [[Bene-Bowse]] and Rumbowse [[Rumbowse is not actually defined]].
Drunk.
an Ale-house.
ugly, homely, ill-favoured.
a little Child.
a vapouring, or bouncing.
a mercenary Murderer, that will kill any body.
a very impudent, lewd Woman.
a Sword-man or Soldier.
a Pimp, Procurer; also a Whore-master.
that lies with the same Woman or builds in the same Nest.
a Fiddler, or Harper.
to flee, or run away. The Cully is brushed or rubbed; The Fellow is marched off or broke. Bought a Brush, run away.
a very full Glass of Liquor.
drink. Rumbub very good Tipple.
a drinking Bowl; also a great Drinker, also one who steals plate from public Houses.
the Pox. The Mort tipt the Bube upon the Cully; The Wench has clapped the Fellow.
To cheat or decieve. A Bubble, an easy soft Fellow, one that is fit to be imposed on, deluded, or cheated.
as a Bold Buck.
old leacherous Fellows.
a Cuckold.
one that slips into an House in the Dark, and taking what comes next to Hand, marches off with it. If he meets with any body, he asks, if such a Gentleman or Woman be within; and is told, they know no such Person, he begs Pardon, and says, he was mistaken in the House, immediately marches off, and will not stay for a Reply. To Budge, also signifies to stir or move.
a Dog.
a familiar Salutation among the Canting Tribe.
is a Phrase used of an obstinate hardened Rogue, who in a Robbery will not be daunted at Resistance or Opposition, or leave his Com-rogues in the Lurch, or a hardened Rogue who will confess nothing.
a Rogue that kills good sound Horses, only for their skins, by running a long wire into them, and sometimes knocking them on the Head.
a Dog-stealer, that trades in all Sorts of Dogs, selling them at a round Rate, and himself or Partner stealing them the first Opportunity.
a Dog's Head, used in a counterfiet Seal to a false Pass.
taking Money by Bailiffs and Serjeants of the Defendant not to arrest him.
a Dog.
a chubbingly Boy or Lad.
as, a Town Bull, a Whore-master.
to look big and grim.
an Assistant to a File or Pick-Pocket, who jostles a Person up against the Wall, while the other picks his Pocket.
one that lodges all Night on Shop windows and bulkheads.
a Crown or Five Shilling Piece.
a supposed Husband to a Bawd, or Whore; also a huffing Fellow, a pretended Bravo, but a Coward at the Bottom.
a maggot-pated, huffing, silly, rattling Fellow.
a poor sorry Rogue, that haunts Bawdy-houses, and pretends to get Money out of Gentlemen and others, rattling and swearing the Whore is his Wife.
a Hector or bravo sets on People to quarrel, pretending to be a Second to them; and then making Advantage of both.
Highway-men, or Foot Pads, who attack with Oaths and Curses, plunder without Mercy, and frequently murder without Necessity.
a Trapan, a Sharper or Cheat.
a Bailiff or Serjeant.
a short, fat, or squat Lass.
a Purse, Pocket or Fob.
Cut purses, who with a short sharp Knife, and a horn Thumb, used to cut Purses. Since the wearing of Purses is out of Fashion, they are called Files or Pick-Pockets.
when the Grass is high enough to hide the young Men and Maids.
Petticoats. Hale up the main Buntlings, throw up the Women's Petticoats.
poxed, or clapt.
is when Strollers leave an Alehouse, without paying their Quarters.
a Hanger on or Dependant.
signifies also, to cheat or defraud in a smooth or plausible Manner; as, He'll not be Battered; He's aware of your Design, He's upon his Guard, &c.
Dutchmen
lying with a Woman that has been just lain with by another Man.
a Whore.
a Bawd, also a Match-maker.
both Whore and Pickpocket.
or a down-right Buttock and sham File, a common Whore, but no Pickpocket.
a foolish, soft Fellow, drawn in and culled or tricked.
a Bastard.