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a Bawd.
a Bawd.
a very tall, lank Person.
a Whore; The Cull has been with Madam Van, the Fellow has enjoyed such a one.
stolen. I made this Knife at a Heat, I stole it cleverly.
alias of Bedlam; otherwise called Abram-men.
when none are hang'd.
a Half-penny.
to steal; seize; to run away with.
one in a rueful Dress, enough to fright one.
a jolly red Nose.
a lewd Spark, or very Debauchee.
any Liquor made of the Fruits of English Growth, as Ale, Beer, Cyder, &c.
a Hen.
transported into some Foreign Plantation.
Childrens Cries.
a Sham Sore above the Elbow; to counterfeit a broken Arm, by a Fall from a Scaffold.
swinglingly drunk, or soundly beat.
Beggars
begging.
Scolding.
weepingly drunk.
Guineas. We fork'd the rum Cull's Meggs to the Tune of Fifty; We pickt the Gentleman's Pocket of full Fifty Guineas.
to spend Money. Will you melt a Borde? Will you spend your Shilling? The Cull melted a Couple of Decusses upon us; The Gentleman spent Ten Shillings upon us.
a Term used by Goalers, when their Prisoners will bleed freely to have some Favour, or to be at large.
to steal, rob, or kill. ill the Gig with a Dub, open the Door with a Pick-lock, or false Key.
to kill a Sheep.
a Woman's Tongue.
to break a Hedge.
to kill a Pig.
to rob a House. Milling the Gig with a Betty, Breaking open the Door with an Iron Crow.
a House-Breaker.
break open the Window.
kill them.
a Killer or Murderer.
Gold.
Shirt, Smock, or Sheet.
a Coat or Petticoat.
a Whore of Quality.
Serjeants, Bailiffs and their Crew.
a Wench or Harlot.
a Hanger-on among the Cheats, a Spunger.
a Link-boy, or one that, under Colour of lighting Men, (especially they who get in Drink, or have the Fields, or any uninhabited or By place, to go over) robs or leads them to a Gang of Rogues, that will do it for him.
Gypsies.
a Dowdy, or homely Woman.
maz'd.
a Half-penny or Farthing.
a Watchman's brown Bill; as Glaives, are Bills or Swords.
to hang dangling in the Air, to be executed.
Yeomans Daughters; also a Wife, Woman, or Wench.
a Bawd.
a Midwife (often a Bawd).
Rings, Watches, Swords, and such Toys of Value.
as The Parson's Mouse-Trap, Marriage.
a noisy Fellow. Mouth half cockt, gaping and staring at every Thing they see.
a Cow.
a Drover.
Money, Wealth.
a Woman's Secrets, To the well wearing of your Muff, Mort; To the happy Consummation of your Marriage, Madam. A Health.
a Napkin.
not a Word of the Pudding.
one that fits mute.
the Monument, erected at the City Charge, in Memory of the dreadful Fire 1666, which consumed the greatest part of the City.
genteel Beggars, who will not accept of Victuals, but of Money or Cloaths. The Male Mumper often appears with an Apron before him, and a Cap on his Head, pretending to be a decayed Tradesman, who having been a long Time sick, hath spent all his remaining Stock, ans is so weak he cannot work. At other times he appears like a decayed Gentleman, who, especially since the fatal South Sea Scheme, has been undine, and reduced to the Necessity of imploring good People's Charity.
The Female Mumper will confidently knock at the Door of a House, and desire to speak with the Mistress, and after apologizing for her Boldness, she acquaints her how urgent her Necessity is: That she has a Husband and two small Children lying at the Point of Death: That she was a Gentlewoman born; but marrying against her Friends Consent, was by them disowned, and so by her Husbands Sickness, is reduced to this miserable Condition. Sometimes she appears big with Child, and begs Cloaths or Linnen to make Clouts of. The Word Mumper is now generally used to denote all sorts of Beggars.
several Ale-houses in and about this City and Suburbs, in Alleys, and By-places, much used by them, and resorted to in the Evening, where they will be very merry, drunk, and frolicksome.
the Face; Toute his Munns, Note his Phiz, or, Mark his Face well. Pay his Munns, i.e. Strike him in the Face, &c.
the Watch-word among High-way-men, to let the Company they were to rob, alone, in return to some Courtesy from some Gentleman among them.
a Lover of Women; also a Sheep-stealer.
Women A Leg of Mutton in a Silk Stocking, a Woman's leg.
a beard, (usually) long and nasty.
the Constable's Attendants, or those whom he commands (in the King's Name) to aid and assist him: Also the Watchmen.