KATE
a Pick-lock. 'Tis a Rum kate; She is a clever Pick-lock.
a Pick-lock. 'Tis a Rum kate; She is a clever Pick-lock.
Lightermen that carry coals to and from the Ships, so called in Derision.
one that maintains a Mistress, and parts with his Money very generously to her.
a Horse.
as, Out of Kelter, Out of sorts.
a House. A bob-Ken, or a Bowman-ken, a good or well furnished House; also a House that harbours Rogues and Thieves. Biting the Ken, robbing the House, 'tis a bob Ken, Brush upon the Sneak, i.e., 'Tis a good House, go in and tread softly. We have bit the Ken, The House is robb'd, or the Business is done.
a House-breaker, who usually, by getting into an empty House, finds Means to enter into the Gutters of Houses inhabited, and so in at the Windows, &c.
Six-pence: Two, Three, Four, &c. and a Kick; Two, Three, Four, &c. Shillings and Six-pence.
gone, fled, departed; as, The Rum Cull kick'd away, i.e. The Rogue made his Escape.
Breeches. Tip us your Kicks, we'll have them as well as your Lour; Pull off your Breeches, for we must have them as well as your Money.
a Child.
an Order of Rogues, who meeting a Youth with a Bundle or Parcel of Goods, wheedle him by fair Words, and whipping Six-pence into his Hand, to step on a short and sham Errand, in the mean Time run away with the Goods.
one that decoys or spirits (as it is commonly called) Children away, and sells them for the Plantations.
an old sorry Frize Coat.
Rum.
to Trick, Sharp, or Cheat; also to Beat severely, or to Bully. Let's Kimbaw the Cull, Let's beat that Fellow, and get his Money (by huffing and bullying) from him.
a Thief: He's one of the Kin, let him pike; said of a Brother Rogue whom one of the Gang knows to be a Villain, tho' not one of their own Crew.
a little Child.
little Children whose Parents are dead, having been Beggars; as also young Lads running from their Masters, who are first taught Canting, then Thieving.
a little Man.
Girls of a Year or two old, whom the Morts (their Mothers) carry at their Backs in Slates (Sheets) and if they have no Children of thir own, they borrow or steal them from others.
the Captain, Chief, or Ringleader of the Gang, the Master of Misrule, otherwise called Uprightman. Vide Gypsies.
the Prison of Newgate.
Money.
a Dancing Master.
a Toy-shop, freighted with pretty Devices to pick Pockets.
one of the First Rate.
a Hector or Bully.
a mercenary common Swearer, a Prostitute to every Cause, an Irish Evidence.
the chief Highwayman, best mounted and armed, the stoutest Fellow among them.
the Head or Skull.
very strong Ale or Beer.
to give over Thieving.
a Crew of Gang of Villains.