DAB
expert, well vers'd in Roguery. A Rum Dab, a very dextrous Fellow at Thieving, Cheating, Sharping, &c.
expert, well vers'd in Roguery. A Rum Dab, a very dextrous Fellow at Thieving, Cheating, Sharping, &c.
Two-pence; Tip me a Dace, Lend me Two-pence, or pay so much for me.
a Gun.
a Rascal. See Dimber
a roaring, mad, blustring Fellow, a Scourer of the Streets.
Stairs.
a little puny Fellow.
ready Money; as, The Cull tipp'd us the Darby; The Fellow gave us all his ready Money.
Irons, Shackles or Fetters.
a married Man, who keeps a Mistress, and creeps to her in the Night, for fear of Discovery.
the Night; The Child of Darkmans or Darkness, a Bell-man.
one that slides into a House in the Dusk, to let in more Rogues to rob.
a Tavern-Drawer.
a Bribe, a Reward for secret Service; as, The Cull was gybbed, because he could not dawb. The Rogue was punished, because he had no Pence to bribe off his Sentence.
a Term used by Rogues, when they are disappointed in the Value of their Booty.
empty Pots or Bottles ona Tavern Table.
Irishmen
a Crown or Five Shilling Piece.
a tidy, neat, little Man.
a Sword. Nim the Degen, whip the Sword from the Gentleman's side.
young bucksome Wenches, rip and prone to Venery, but who have not lost their Virginity, which the Upright Man pretends to, and seizes: Then she is free for any of the Fraternity. Also a common Strumpet.
a sorry Painter.
the Country.
Country Carriers.
Two-pence.
Geneva, a Liquor very much drank by the lowest Rank of People.
pretty.
a pretty Fellow.
a Top Man or Prince amongst the Canting Crew; also the chief Rogue of the Gang, or the compleatest Cheat.
a pretty Wench.
to knock down.
a Rogue, a Hector, a Bully, a Sharper.
helter-skelter.
engag'd or in Debt, pawn'd or mortgag'd.
a Psalm at the Gallows.
a Mittimus, a Justice of Peace's Warrant to send a Rogue to Prison, &c.
to pick a Pocket.
a Pick-pocket. See File.
a Cloak.
to lie witha Woman. The Cull Docks the Dell in the Darkmans; the Rogue lay with the Wench all Night.
a false Die that will run but two or three Chances. They put the Doctor upon him; they cheated him with false Dice.
Rogues, pretending to have had their Tongues cut out, or to be born Dumb and Deaf, who artificially turn their Tip of their Tongues into their Throat, and with a Stick making it bleed.
Burglary, a breaking open a House, Lock, Door, &c. as, He is cast for Felon and Dose; i. e. found Guilty of Felony and Burglary.
Dice that run low.
She beggars, Wenches, Whores.
a Whore, or Slut; a dirty Drab, a very nasty Slut.
Stockens.
Robbers of Houses that were fastened only by Latches.
a sort of Clap, or venereal Gleet.
a heavy, bundling Thief or Rogue. A purple Dromedary; a Bungler or a dull Fellow at Thieving.
See Domerars.
to let fall (with Design to draw in and cheat) a Piece of Gold; also the Piece itself.
almost drunk.
a dull, heavy Fellow.
a smart or sharp Repartee.
a sly, close cunning Fellow.
a pick-lock Key.
open the Door. We'll strike it upon the Dub, We will rob that Place.
a Picker of Locks.
Two pence.
Cloaths or Goods. Rum Dudds; fine or rich Cloaths or Goods.
Cloaths and things stollen. Abraham Cove has wonne, (or bit) Rumm Dudds; the poor Fellow has stollen very costly Cloaths.
to beat soundly.
a Stealer or Cows, or Calves, &c.
a thundering Rake, or of the first Rank, one devilishly lewd.
to enter, or open a Door: Dup the Ken, Enter the House. Dup the Boozing Ken and booz a Gage, Go into the Ale-house and drink a Pot.
Money; Down with your Dust, Deposite your Money.
Drink quick about.
a verbal or lump Accompt, without Particulars; as brought in at the Spunging-Houses, at Bawdy Houses, and other such like Places of ill Repute.